Opposing view: Private colleges play a central role

USA Today, May 13, 2012 by Steve Gunderson Private-sector colleges and universities have grown dramatically in recent years. Today, they serve more than 3 million postsecondary students — almost 13% of the total college enrollment. But this growth comes with …Continue reading »

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Tempering the Rise of the Machines

Inside Higher Ed, May 1, 2012 The machines are rising. Soon they will be sophisticated enough to fill certain faculty roles at traditional universities. But to make this revolution work for students, academic leaders at those traditional institutions will need …Continue reading »

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U. of Phoenix Graduation Rates Omit Many Nontraditional Students

The Chronicle of Higher Education – April 13, 2012 To the Editor: The vast majority of today’s college students are not kids, and they aren’t strolling the quad of a traditional college campus (“Serious Revelations About For-Profits and the Republican …Continue reading »

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Instruction for Masses Knocks Down Campus Walls

Tamar Lewin, The New York Times, March 4, 2012 The pitch for the online course sounds like a late-night television ad, or maybe a subway poster: “Learn programming in seven weeks starting Feb. 20. We’ll teach you enough about computer …Continue reading »

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Take vets out of education funding formula

Randy Proto – Stars and Stripes - February 3, 2012 Recent military veterans, who face a higher unemployment rate than any other sector of the population, deserve all the educational opportunities we can give them after they’ve sacrificed so much …Continue reading »

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Take vets out of education funding formula

Randy Proto – Stars and Stripes - February 3, 2012 Recent military veterans, who face a higher unemployment rate than any other sector of the population, deserve all the educational opportunities we can give them after they’ve sacrificed so much …Continue reading »

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New investment fund to help traditional colleges take ideas to scale

Doug Lederman – Inside Higher Ed – January 17, 2012 The space between nonprofit and for-profit higher education gets a little more crowded today. University Ventures Fund, a $100 million investment partnership founded by a quartet of veterans of the …Continue reading »

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