New on WCET Frontiers
Colleges Crossing Borders – Counts and State Authorization: IPEDS Reality Check
Published by: WCET | 3/11/2014
March 11, 2014 This is the third in a series of blog posts examining data recently released by the U.S. Department of Education’s IPEDS survey on distance education (DE) enrollments. Our first blog post in this series looked at students […]
U.S. Distance Education Adoption by the Numbers: an IPEDS Reality Check
Published by: WCET | 3/5/2014
This is the first of a series of posts providing insight on data regarding enrollments in distance education that was released by the U.S. Department of Education earlier this year. Terri Straut crunched the data for WCET. Terri has a […]
Proposed Safeguards Against Financial Aid Fraud: Some Needed, Some Go Too Far
Published by: WCET | 2/26/2014
February 26, 2014 New regulations and reporting requirements to help battle federal financial aid fraud for institutions that offer distance education are coming. No doubt, additional protections are needed tools to combat financial aid fraud. The distance education community needs […]
Untangling Two State Authorization Rules: “On-Ground” and “Distance Education”
Published by: WCET | 2/14/2014
In talking with institutional personnel, I’ve noted some confusion about different aspects of the state authorization regulations. There are still many who believe that the federal deadline to be in compliance for those offering distance education in each state is […]
Ratings and Rankings Game, Part 1: Postsecondary Institutional Ratings System
Published by: WCET | 2/12/2014
February 12, 2014 Hooray! College football in the United States is finally doing away with the Bowl Championship System (BCS) to anoint a national champion. Meanwhile, a mania remains for ratings and ranking systems of collegiate performance in academics, financial […]
The Need for Greater Productivity through Online Learning, Further Thoughts
Published by: WCET | 1/28/2014
January 28, 2014 Thank you to Tony Bates for providing his perspective on productivity and online education, including part 1 on “Main Concepts and Principles” and Part 2 on “Identifying Promising Areas of Productivity for Online Learning.” We asked five […]
The Need for Greater Productivity through Online Learning, Part 2
Published by: WCET | 1/23/2014
January 23, 2014 This is the second of two parts of a guest post by noted educational technology thinker, Tony Bates. The first part focused on Main Concepts and Principles. Again, thank you to Tony Bates for his contribution. Russ […]
The Need for Greater Productivity through Online Learning, Part 1
Published by: WCET | 1/21/2014
January 21, 2014 In some circles, online learning has become the panacea for increasing access and productivity in higher education. As distance education professionals, we’ve been comfortable with the access issue, but politicians have pulled us into the productivity mix […]
One Student’s Reality of Excessive Online College Fees
Published by: WCET | 1/16/2014
January 16, 2014 Today, President Obama convenes a “Summit” on higher education access and affordability. Given that theme, I thought it would be appropriate to hear one student’s perspective. Celia Perez is an adult, a single parent, an employee, and […]
Predictions from 2013: MOOCs and Competency-based Education Top Pick
Published by: WCET | 1/7/2014
January 7, 2014 In January of last year we asked you to: “Predict something that will happen this year regarding teaching, learning, technology, business of e-learning, policy, regulations, student behavior, or other related items.” Given that broad request, it is […]