Author: Wally Boston
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Recalibrating Regulation of Colleges and Universities
In the Fall of 2013, a bipartisan group of U.S. Senators (Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., Barbara Mikulski, D-Md., Richard Burr, R-N.C. and Michael Bennet, D-Colo.) established a task force of college and university presidents to examine federal regulation of higher education and to identify and recommend potential improvements. The task force subsequently examined the process by […]
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Educational Attainment: Tracking the Academic Success of Servicemembers and Veterans
While much has been written about college persistence and retention related to traditional college students (18-22 year-olds matriculating immediately after high school graduation), substantially less has been written about adult students, particularly those whose jobs and family obligations make it difficult to attend college in a traditional face-to-face classroom structure. Many of the published research […]
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What Stays in Vegas
Adam Tanner’s new book, What Stays in Vegas: The World of Personal Data – Lifeblood of Big Business – and the End of Privacy as We Know It, is both enlightening and frightening. Tanner, a fellow at the Institute for Quantitative Social Science at Harvard University, has also been a reporter and bureau chief for […]
The Current and Future State of Military Voluntary Education: Reflections on the CCME 2015 National Symposium
Jim Sweizer, Vice President of Military, Veterans, and Community College Outreach, American Public University System The Council of College and Military Educators (CCME), which serves the training and networking needs of military voluntary education professionals, annually hosts a conference for attendees from the Department of Defense (DoD), universities, and members of the Education Service Officer […]
Grade Level: Tracking Online Education in the United States
The 12th annual report from the Babson Survey Research Group (BSRG) sponsored by the Online Learning Consortium (formerly the Sloan Consortium) that tracks the growth of online education has been released. This year’s report is notable for several changes. After 10 years of discussing the need for the Department of Education to track online enrollments, […]
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A Research Project Often Cited
In many research papers reporting on the persistence of adult students, authors cite a Department of Education Study that reports several risk factors that may influence a non-traditional student’s persistence in college. The study, commissioned by the Department of Education and entitled Profile of Undergraduates in U.S. Postsecondary Institutions: 1992-1993, was authored by Laura Horn […]
The Summit for Online Leadership and Strategy
Last week, I attended the University Professional and Continuing Education Association (UPCEA) and American Council on Education (ACE) Summit for Online Leadership and Strategy in San Antonio. Less than two years ago, I was asked to serve on the UPCEA Center for Online Leadership and Strategy Advisory Council. Part of the Center’s role was to […]
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US Coast Guard Addresses Maritime Cybersecurity Issues in Washington, D.C.
By Glynn Cosker Guest Contributor Managing Editor, In Homeland Security The United States Coast Guard fielded questions from maritime security experts and officials on Jan. 15 during a Maritime Cybersecurity Standards Public Meeting held at the U.S. Department of Transportation Headquarters in Washington, D.C. Captain Andrew Tucci, of the U.S. Coast Guard’s Office of Port […]
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The 114th: Expectations of an Ideo/logical Congress
Dr. Russell Kitchner, Vice President, Regulatory and Governmental Relations The November 2014 elections gave the Republicans an overwhelming majority in the House and a working (but not filibuster-proof) majority in the Senate. Since then, countless pundits and political observers have speculated on the cause(s) and their implications. I will stipulate that the notion “all politics […]
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