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By Dr. Grady Batchelor, Associate Dean, Center for Teaching and Learning, APUS; Elizabeth Gray, Faculty Training Developer & Coach, Center for Teaching and Learning, APUS; and Dr. Nancy Heath, Assurance System Writer, Assessment and Accreditation, APUS This week, May 16-22, 2016, the APUS Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) celebrates…

The daily barrage of emails and tweets forces me to skim headlines quickly until I find something of interest. A clever headline or title can make a difference. Last week, one such headline attracted my attention: Connection Over Content: A New Era for Education Technology. Julia Freeland Fisher, director of…

Last week, Washington think tank Opportunity America released a white paper, “Accountability in Higher Education: For-Profit Colleges and Beyond.” The opening sentence of the Executive Summary of the white paper says it all: “Like too many issues in education, the question of how to regulate for-profit colleges and universities has…

New America, a think tank dedicated to confronting the challenges created by technology and social change and seizing those opportunities, released a report this week titled The Comeback Story. The report, authored by Hadass Sheffer, Iris Palmer, and Annette Mattei addresses the various ways that adults return to school to…

 I recently participated on a panel at the University of Pennsylvania’s Future of Higher Education conference. The text below is excerpted from my prepared remarks. It’s no surprise that we have both digital-only universities and universities that offer digital classes. However, you may be surprised that in the U.S., we…