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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...

Too many adjuncts?

Stainburn, S. (2009) The Case of the Vanishing Full-time Professor New York Times, December 30 Elementary, my dear Watson. Not so much news, more a...

Overcrowded and underfunded

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Marcus, J. (2009) Overcrowded and underfunded National Crosstalk, December. If you want to know why I think public higher education is broken, read this article....

The well-deserved end of a bad project

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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....

The business of higher education

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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

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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...

Managing curriculum change

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JISC (2009) Managing curriculum change Bristol UK: JISC Another interesting publication from the UK's Joint Information Steering Committee . This is a short (6 page) well-illustrated...

Reforming distance education in Portugal

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Tajo el Castillo de Almourol, Portugal (from Flickr © Hamster Volador, Creative Commons License) Hasan, A. et al. (2009) Reforming Distance Learning Higher...

Recurring Issues Encountered by Distance Educators in Developing and Emerging Nations

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Wright, C., Dhanarajan, G. and Reju, S. (2009) Recurring Issues Encountered by Distance Educators in Developing and Emerging Nations IRRODL, Vol. 10, No. 1 I...

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

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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...