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Expanding access, success, and equitable outcomes through the effective implementation of digital learning
Published by: WCET | 2/21/2019
A Sense of Urgency Many public colleges and universities have embraced the mission of increasing access to higher education by recruiting more diverse student populations. Unfortunately, institutions continue to see significant persistence and completion gaps for their low-income students, students […]
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Adventures at the Consumer Electronics Show: the world’s largest “Digital Disney World,” the higher ed perspective
Published by: WCET | 2/8/2019
Executive director of WCET, Mike Abbiatti, recently attended the massive Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. New and soon-to-be introduced electronic products are unveiled each year at the Show. The following blog contains the details and reflections of his adventure […]
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Congratulations! You are a Best Ranked School! But…
Published by: WCET | 1/16/2019
In the media and in communications to your PR staff, there will be lots of hype this week about ranking online programs. In the past, we have been critical of such rankings on the basis of the quality of their […]
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Marketable Skills + Credentialing = the Value of Signals
Published by: WCET | 12/6/2018
What signals do you use to showcase your skills and expertise? Our students need a way to let future employers know about their collegiate experiences and accomplishments. Today we welcome Mike Simmons from University of North Texas to discuss their […]
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Accessibility & Procurement: What do we need to know?
Published by: WCET | 11/14/2018
WCET and the Online Learning Consortium (OLC) jointly offer this blog post on a topic of national interest to education communities. This post is part of the on-going collaboration on accessibility issues between WCET and OLC. Thank you to Kelly Hermann, University […]
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Is this the Future? The Education Department’s Higher Education Ecosystem Challenge
Published by: WCET | 11/9/2018
Recently, the U.S. Department of Education announced their winners of the Department’s Higher Education Ecosystem Challenge. The challenge was to “imagine what higher education would look like in 2030.” WCET’s Dan Silverman, Assistant Director of the WCET State Authorization Network […]
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The Role of Procurement in Digital Accessibility
Published by: WCET | 10/23/2018
WCET and the Online Learning Consortium (OLC), in conjunction with the National Center on Disability and Access to Education (NCDAE is a partner with WebAIM), jointly offer this blog post on a topic of national interest to education communities. This […]
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Transforming Our Model for Student Success: The WRAP Initiative
Published by: WCET | 10/19/2018
Welcome to the final blog post in our WCET Outstanding Work (WOW) Award blog post series! Today we are joined by Jason M. Ruckert from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University – Worldwide, to discuss their 2018 WOW Award winning initiative: Worldwide Retention, […]
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UNLV Pays a Cost for Not Notifying Students about Charges for Proctoring Services
Published by: WCET | 10/17/2018
Cheryl Dowd, Director of the State Authorization Network, and I have been presenting this summer about the status of the federal state authorization regulation. In those presentations we remind people about other federal regulations that remain in place. The one […]
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Research Dispels Myth that Adult Students Don’t Cheat in Online Classes
Published by: WCET | 10/2/2018
We love insights and stories about improving academic integrity in all settings and we welcome today’s guest post. Beth Rubin, Ph.D., has been practicing and leading online education at for-profit and non-profit universities for the past 19 years. She is […]