Robert Pearl Starks

Professor Stephen Brown, Professor of Learning Technologies, De Montfort University discusses what Massively Open Online Courses (MOOCs) are doing for Higher Education.  He discusses the problems, the opportunities, and shares insight from a pedagogical perspective of the MOOC.  

Editor Kevin Kuzma continues his conversation with Alex Tabarrok, associate professor of economics at George Mason University. Alex talks with Kevin about whether or not American parents need to rethink what careers they tell their children to pursue.

James M. Danko, president of Butler University, spent two decades in the business world before going into higher education. In a recent conversation with The Chronicle, he talked about how higher education could be entrepreneurial, innovative, open to change, and better at conveying the value of its "product" to students and parents.

Campus executives are likely unaware of what needs to be accomplished and when to comply. CIOs may want to begin that discussion now.

On Dec. 11, 2013, the United States Department of Education posted a 68-page draft of regulations for "Gainful Employment (GE)." Largely ignored by the press, this document — soon to be final regulations — is becoming the template for change of federal financial aid eligibility for college and university students. Gainful Employment currently only applies to certificate and other programs that do not lead to a degree, but may be extended to all postsecondary programs. For the first time,… >>>

“The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear.” -Socrates

Are we immersed in the information age or the disinformation age? It is all a matter of perspective. The internet provides an open forum that allows users to contribute information that the rest of us are left to decipher for truth. Overall, as a rule, we tend to give the benefit of the doubt to online information and believe what we read. Statistics show that nearly 73% of consumers believe that information they read online is accurate and trustworthy.

Inaccurate… >>>