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Online education continues its hot pace

Allen, I. and Seaman, J. (2010) Learning on Demand: Online Education in the United States Babson Park MA: Babson College Survey Research Group The Sloan...

How well does your institution’s web site serve potential online learners?

Meyer, K. and Wilson, J. (2010) 'The "virtual face" of planning: how to use higher education web sites to assess competitive advantage' Planning for...

Why business intelligence is important to HE institutions

Grush, M. (2010) BI Today: More than Just a Big, Fat Report Campus Technology, January 13 First a declaration of interest: my son is a...

Online for-profit universities and the military

Golden, D. (2009) For-profit colleges target the military Businessweek, December 30 Although ostensibly about the marketing of online courses to the military this article provides...

Reigning in costs with online learning

Bassis, M. (2009) Reigning in college costs Businessweek, December 21 This is a useful article, from the President of Westminster College, Salt Lake City, to...

The well-deserved end of a bad project

Kolowich, S. (2009) Another one bites the dust Inside Higher Education, December 9 An article about the demise of U21 Global, an online Graduate School....

Ranking educational innovation

Center for American Progress (2009) Interactive Map: Leaders and Laggards: A State-By-State Report Card of Educational Innovation Washington DC: Center for American Progress For those...

The business of higher education

Lederman, D. (2009) The business of higher education Inside Higher Education, December 2 An interview with the authors of a new book: Knapp, J. and Siegel,...

Comparing Canadian and US post-secondary education systems

Lederman, D. (2009) Catching Up to Canada Inside Higher Education, November 6 An interesting article discussing the different participation and graduation rates between Canada and...

So: is e-learning really failing in higher education? An answer

Background This is the last in a series of ten blogs on the topic: 'Is e-learning failing in higher education?' My blogs on this topic...