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Dear Colleague: Since you asked I’m going to try and provide you with the top five technological innovations that will impact higher education within the next few years. Although asking me to predict how technology will impact education is like asking the Wright brothers how frequent flyer miles wil

Especially when it’s the New York Times reporting on the US Department of Education! Study Finds That Online Education Beats the Classroom “On average, students in online learning conditions performed better than those receiving face-to-face instruction.”

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Dulce et decorum est… – but don’t try to take all of your classes on-line if you want full veteran’s benefits under the new “Post-9/11 GI Bill.” Once again, the US government has passed legislation which directly discriminates against folks trying to better themselves by taking college courses on-li

A recent article in The Chronicle of Higher Education was headed “Professors Regard Online Instruction as Less Effective Than Classroom Learning.” This is based on partial, pre-release data from a poll. If you have ever met just one professor, you might believe that headline. However if you have eve

Obviously, I could go on and on forever about this topic. But I’d rather provide you with a less biased viewpoint: What are students saying about Distance at BCC? (video) And here is one of the more extrodinary reasons why we must continue to provide access to education for all students – even ones

The Higher Education Opportunity Act (HEOA) was signed into law on August 14, 2008. It contains language requiring accreditors to assure that an institution that offers distance education or correspondence education: “…has processes through which the institution establishes that the student who regi