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Published by: WCET | 10/7/2010
Original post from Ellen Wagner on her eLearning Roadtrip blog: As I have been immersing myself in the issues, politics and nuances of post-secondary educational online learning this past year, I have come to appreciate the role that a cooperative […]
Published by: WCET | 9/30/2010
“I can assure you that this committee will be exploring legislative changes.” That statement came from Sen. Tom Harkin (IA), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions (HELP) Committee at the end of the third hearing on for-profit […]
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Published by: WCET | 9/22/2010
Shannon Meadows is one of the co-leaders of WCET’s Student Retention Common Interest Group. We were pleased that she accepted our invitation to blog about successful campus strategies that she has witnessed. Imagine a female community college student in an […]
Published by: WCET | 9/17/2010
I spent the last two days at the Non-Traditional No More meeting in Denver. Funded by Lumina Foundation for Education, this WICHE-run project works with five states – Arkansas, Colorado, Nevada, North Dakota, and South Dakota – to identify their “ready […]
Published by: WCET | 9/9/2010
La Jolla (pronounced la HOY ya), the location of this year’s WCET Annual Conference, is nicknamed “Jewel City.” Best known for its beautiful beaches, upscale homes, boutique shopping, galleries and elegant dining with breathtaking views, when you are in […]
Published by: WCET | 8/27/2010
Just a hint…you may want to review your financial aid processes for distance education. Thank you to Michael Jortberg from Acxiom for alerting me to a small item in this morning’s Chronicle of Higher Education postings: Audit Finds Errors in […]
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Published by: WCET | 7/22/2010
It’s exciting that WCET is starting a new blog. There is so much that is interesting that is going on in the distance, online, and hybrid learning spheres that we need more ability to share with each other. In the […]
Published by: WCET | 7/21/2010
If you have not heard about it, there are several links below to coverage of the U.S. Senate’s hearing last week regarding for-profit institutions. I could not make it to DC for the hearing, but I followed the tweets and […]
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You will find some very humorous, although sometimes unintentionally so, quotes in the article about the University of California outlining an online learning program in the face of a fiscal crisis. First there is the interesting observation from a University […]