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Debt to Military Spouses

November is Military Family Appreciation Month. Of course, our nation owes military families a debt of gratitude: Their sacrifices and stressors should not go unnoticed. We do try to honor them, with thanks and praise, but during this month set aside to appreciate military families, we should consider practical ways we can do more to […]

Where Are the Adults?

Usually, when a demographic group is significantly underrepresented on elite college campuses, we consider it a problem. But there is one such problem that almost no one seems to notice or care much about. Nearly 30 percent of college undergraduates are adults, defined by the United States Department of Education as 25 years old or […]

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Punitive Rankings

Every year around this time U.S. News & World Report issues its ranked list of America’s “best” colleges. And every year an inevitable handwringing ensues – among academics, anyway – about what the rankings mean, and whether they’re of any use at all. Pose this question to most professionals in higher education, and you’ll likely […]

Julian Castro’s Stump Speech

Julian Castro is among three dozen or so Democrats considering running for president in 2020. Maybe that’s why his 24-minute keynote address Saturday at the Florida Democratic Party’s statewide conference sounded like a stump speech, one ready-made for a national road trip. The charismatic former San Antonio mayor and Housing and Urban Development secretary under […]

Accommodating “Nontraditionals”

The number of “nontraditional students” enrolled in college courses is on the rise, accounting for approximately 40 percent of all undergraduate and graduate students, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. “Nontraditional” students are defined as those students only enrolled part-time, those over the age of twenty-four and those filing as independent on their […]

Rethinking MOOCs

Coursera, Udacity, Udemy and EdX: these were some of the names behind the proliferation of education technology startups that led The New York Times to dub 2012 “The Year of the MOOC” (Massive Open Online Courses). Amidst a flurry of high investment and enrollment rates, these startups were touted as the “new public Ivies” that […]

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Opting for Online Learning

A few weeks ago I ran across a Twitter post that read, “1998: Don’t get in strangers’ cars. Don’t meet people from Internet. 2017: Literally summon strangers from the Internet and get into their car.” So true, isn’t it? It’s astounding how technology can cause major shifts in behavior. What we will and won’t do, […]

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Can Online Training Maintain Quality?

Today, we have access to high-speed internet in most parts of the world. Resultantly, we are seeing mainstream adoption of various trends, including the adoption of online training for students and employees around the globe. While text portals were popular for information consumption online in the past, there is increasingly a shift towards other forms […]

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Do You Need a Degree or Will a MOOC Do?

We all know that in the modern economy, we can’t just stop learning. But how to keep educating ourselves is a complicated question. Is it a worthwhile investment to get a formal degree, like an MBA or PhD? Should you take a more targeted approach, with a short-term executive education program? Or perhaps DIY it […]

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Are Good Loans Going to Bad Schools?

Unless they are pressed by the government to do otherwise, as they sometimes are in considering mortgage loan applications, private lending institutions look hard at two factors before making loans. First, the borrower’s ability to repay the loan is considered. Second, the value of the product or service the applicant intends to buy is considered. […]

Reevaluating Your Online Degree Program

When it comes to selecting an online degree program, not everyone makes the right decision the first time around. Justin North, a current online MBA student at the Temple University Fox School of Business, transferred in after two semesters at a different online public university. Among his reasons: North, who at the time lived near […]

Absurd Audit

A recent report from a federal auditor from the U.S. Department of Education grabbed headlines by proffering the opinion that Western Governors University should repay more than $700 million in Title IV aid received by the University via attending students. The report, titled “Western Governors University Was Not Eligible to Participate in the Title IV […]

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