From Professor Hainline:
This editorial—The Trouble With Online College, NYT—stimulated the responses below:
- Secrets to Success in Online College Learning, NYT
- Thomas Edison State College Pioneers Alternative Paths, NYT: Pay particular attention to the quote (maybe out of context, you never know) by Clifford Adelman, a respected analyst for higher education, about his upset that these types of degrees means it’s not clear what institution gets to “own” the student as a graduate.
On popular view of HE in the US:
Americans Are Proud of U.S. Colleges but Not of Their Direction, The Chronicle
On the problems of HE and need for change:
From Dean Kirschner: Innovations in Higher Education? Hah!, The Chronicle
Responses to the Kirschner article on change in HE:
The Rut We’re In, The Chronicle
On the future of Higher Ed by a popular writer on HE:
Higher Education’s Future: Discuss!, NYT
On cheating scandal at Harvard:
Harvard Forced Dozens to Leave in Cheating Scandal, NYT
Who gets to go to college/diversity issues:
Poor Students Struggle as Class Plays a Greater Role in Success, NYT
Two on the academic freedom issue at BC:
Academic Freedom Vindicated in Brooklyn, NYT
Academic Freedom in Brooklyn: Part Two, NYT
Administration of HE:
- On administrative pay and political relationships: Lew, Treasury Nominee, Got Exit Bonus From N.Y.U., NYT
- On tuition pressures: Cooper Union’s Tradition of Free Tuition May Be Near End, NYT
- On California’s attempts to drag back the reputation of the CA colleges and universities, once regarded as the best public system going, but devastated by the CA budget situation: Brown Looks at Reshaping California’s Higher Education, NYT
- On accreditation and the Federal role in HE: Obama’s College Scorecard Needs Works, Experts Say, NYT
- On changes in law school education being discussed to reduce student debt and raise admissions: Law Schools’ Applications Fall as Costs Rise and Jobs Are Cut, NYT
On MOOCs and technology in HE:
- Measuring the Success of Online Education, NYT
- Five Online Courses Are Eligible for College Credit, NYT
- Universities Abroad Join MOOC Course Projects, NYT
- Revolution Hits the Universities, NYT
- Tomorrow’s Teaching and Learning, Tomorrow’s Professor
- From Dean Kirschner: A Pioneer in Online Education Tries a MOOC, The Chronicle
- How Will MOOCs Make Money?, Inside Higher Ed
- Employability, goals/purpose, economics of HE:
- On the purpose of higher ed: Higher Ed’s Biggest Problem: What’s It For?, The Chronicle
- Economic outcomes for students: College, Still Worth It, NYT
- On the reality or not of unemployed college grads: The College Grad/Employment Mismatch, Inside Higher Ed
- On the need for BAs for careers that didn’t require them before and what a college degree signifies to employers: Degree Inflation? Jobs That Newly Require B.A.’s, NYT
- Employability issues as a college outcome: Don’t Think College Is Worth It? Ask People Who Haven’t Gone, NYT
- Liberal arts angst: Making the Case, Inside Higher Ed
- On graduate rates/retention statistics: Helping Degree Seekers Finish What They Start, NYT
- On question of whether more money means better results: Not Getting What You Paid For, Inside Higher Ed
- On whether college is going to provide what it used to economically: Will You Be More Successful Than Your Parents?, NYT
- The idea of differential tuition: Florida May Reduce Tuition for Select Majors, NYT
