Standing Next to a Mountain Vox recently published a piece in its Business and Finance section speculating on the conditions in which “online instruction could begin to overtake traditional higher education” from the perspective of Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon, in 2030. Alexander Holt, a policy analyst with the EducationContinue Reading
International A realistic model for international universities | The New Flagship University model put forward by John Douglass from the University of California, Berkeley, in his new book is not only timely, but also a well thought-out initiative. Who are the spongers now? | A curious inversion has taken placeContinue Reading
Clouds Institutional researchers oversee a bounty of information stored in student information systems and enterprise resource planning systems of colleges and universities. Yet, there is little guidance to enable IR practitioners to collectively organize their respective institutions into a large array for the systematic measurement of student success and “whatContinue Reading
International Is benchmarking more useful than ranking? | It is beyond doubt that rankings have become a significant part of the tertiary education landscape, both globally and locally. They have risen in importance and proliferated in unimaginable ways. Higher education Green Paper: Concerns over TEF timetable and fee caps |Continue Reading
International Teaching to the test | The OECD’s Assessment of Higher Education Learning Outcomes, or AHELO, project seeks to compare the quality of what students learn in different institutions and countries. Hobsons acquisition targets retention, educational outcomes | Hobsons, a provider of college and career readiness, enrollment management, and studentContinue Reading
