On August 4, 1790, Congress authorized the construction of ten vessels to “enforce tariff and trade laws and to prevent smuggling.” Organized as the Revenue Cutter Service, the Coast Guard is the oldest continuous seagoing service in the United States. In 1915, the Revenue Cutter Service was merged with the U.S. Life-Saving Service to become […]
Through the activities of the House and Senate Conferees on Tuesday of this week, language that would require distance education universities to implement monitoring systems that may jeopardize the privacy of their students was removed. The Conference Report states: “The Conferees adopt the provision as proposed by both the Senate and the House. The […]
An article in The Chronicle of Higher Education’s July 25th issue references language in the HEA reauthorization bill that “could lead distance-education institutions to require spy cameras in their students’ homes.” The article profiles a few technologies that institutions are piloting to confirm that the student taking the exam/quiz is the individual who registered for […]
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Michael Rabjohns sent me a note informing me of an article in the July Harvard Business Review written by Anita Elberse. Elberse is an associate professor of business administration in the marketing department at Harvard Business School. Her article leads off with a portrayal of Grand Central Publishing, a company that lists 275-300 books each year in […]
Randy Pausch, Computer Science Professor at Carnegie Mellon and author of The Last Lecture, died of complications from pancreatic cancer at the age of 47. I didn’t know Randy, but like many, I was inspired by his story. If you would like to listen to his last lecture, it’s available on YouTube. If you want to […]
Bob Zemsky, co-author of Remaking the American University: Market-Smart and Mission-Centered led a session for Presidents and Trustees of colleges and universities at the 2007 Higher Learning Commission annual meeting in Chicago. At the time, he was a member and participant on the Spellings Commission and he provided the audience with an update on the […]
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Paul Jansen and Debby Bielak, consultants at McKinsey & Company, published an article in the June 2008 Business Officer publication of NACUBO which summarizes the five key trends in higher education. In conducting their research, McKinsey engaged with institutions affiliated with the Forum for the Future of Higher Education in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The authors maintain that […]
Some time ago, I read The University, an Owner’s Manual (published in 1990), by Henry Rosovsky former Dean of Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Rosovsky’s book focuses on his experiences as the undergraduate Dean and a faculty member at Harvard and provides commentary on managing academics at universities. There is a dialogue in Rosovsky’s book […]
I have to admit that I was curious how Powers of the Mind would play out based on the title. I had read a brief review of the book in reference to general education courses, so I acquired it for that purpose. The author, Donald N. Levine, is the former Dean of the University of Chicago. His […]
Our programs and courses have been online since 1996. There are several organizations that track the progress of online post-secondary enrollments including Eduventures and the Sloan Consortium. There’s no doubt that the convenience of online post-secondary programs is a major reason that more and more adults are continuing or furthering their college education through online degree […]
