Lack of oversight in UT Law Foundation – Change Ahead
By Megan Strickland, Alexa Ura of Daily Texan Recent public battles over lack of oversight in the University of Texas Law Foundation threaten to bring substantial changes to a complex […]
Category Archives: Technology
Texas Tribune Guest Column: The UT Story Not Being Told
by Alex Cranberg University of Texas System Regent Alex Cranberg The University of Texas Board of Regents has been getting more than its fair share of press lately, but often […]
Thousands Sign Up for UT-Austin’s First EdX Courses
by Reeve Hamilton of texas tribune On Thursday night, the University of Texas at Austin opened four free online courses for open registration. By Monday morning, total enrollment stood at […]
The Next Generation: Compete in a Global Market?
Teens from 9 cities in the United States, India and the United Kingdom give a thundering answer in a global business plan competition that culminated The Indus Entrepreneurs`TiE Young Entrepreneurs […]
Free Online Classes
Just in time to celebrate Open Education Week, here comes a new initiative, the School of Open, a learning environment focused on increasing our understanding of “openness” and the benefits it […]
UT Joins Harvard-MIT EdX Online Venture
By David Mildenberg – The University of Texas System plans to put up $5 million to join the EdX online venture,
Is College a Lousy Investment?
by Megan McArdle Mythomania about college has turned getting a degree into an American neurosis. It’s sending parents to the poorhouse and saddling students with a backpack full of debt […]
Colleges Are Racking Up Debt
The New York Times recently updated their breakdown of college costs and debts, revealing that for-profit schools are not the only bad guys in this troubled economy.
The Stanford Education Experiment Could Change Higher Learning Forever
This is a follow up to an article we posted last year – great read. By Steven Leckart Stanford doesn’t want me. I can say that because it’s a documented […]
New Higher Education Model By Jeb Bush and Jim Hunt
By Jeb Bush and Jim Hunt for Inside Higher Ed Today, our public colleges and universities are facing some of the toughest challenges they have ever encountered. The choices they […]
Affordability while maintaining quality
Benjamin Franklin is credited with the old adage, “In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” People are always trying to add to that […]
Godin on Modern “Factory” Education
By Jeff Sandefer Seth Godin asks the right question about modern education in a recent blog post: As we get ready for the 93rd year of universal public […]
For Students Heading Back to School, Mounting College Debt Highlights Need to Keep College Affordable
For Students Heading Back to School, Mounting College Debt Highlights Need to Keep College Affordable Written by By Western Governors University WGU keeps costs low with student-centered competency-based approach to […]
Western Governors University Announces Investment in WGU Texas
WGU Texas, a subsidiary of the nationally recognized nonprofit Western Governors University, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. WGU Texas announced that it is one of three state subsidiaries […]
UT System as a Leader in Productivity and Excellence
UT System Chancellor Francisco G. Cigarroa Presents Action Plan to Position UT System as a Leader in Productivity and Excellence AUSTIN – The University of Texas System Board of Regents […]
Texas-Size Compromise
Written by Kevin Kiley Inside Texas Governor Rick Perry is surging in polls for the Republican nomination for president, but Francisco Cigarroa might be the Texan with the biggest political […]
UT Regents Bless Cigarroa Plan
Written by Reeve Hamilton Enlargephoto by: Bob Daemmrich Chancellor Dr. Fransisco Cigarroa at the University of Texas Board of Regents meeting in Austin on May 11, 2011. At this morning’s […]
Online Enterprises Gain Foothold as Path to a College Degree
Mike Terry for The New York Times Mariah Long, who got a degree online from Western Governors University while in Germany, went to graduation in Utah. By TAMAR LEWIN Harvard […]
Jump Over Apathy, Avoid Student Debt: Students Release Video Game
TORONTO, Aug. 18, 2011 /CNW/ – With just seven weeks left until the Ontario election, a student at George Brown College has developed a video game where the player must […]
Coalition Applauds Sharp’s View’s
Press Release: Coalition Applauds Sharp’s View’s on IMPORTANCE OF RESEARCH AND TEACHING; NEED TO AVOID ‘TOP-DOWN’ PRESCRIPTIONS AUSTIN—The Texas Coalition for Excellence in Higher Education today applauded comments made by former […]
High-Quality Online Courses Available to Pennsylvania Schools
High-Quality Online Courses Available to Pennsylvania Schools Statewide Through Northwest Tri-County Intermediate Unit and Online Learning Provider Advanced Academics IU 5 Blended Cyber Services Program Offers Students Flexible Schedule and […]
What Geeks Can Teach Government
Technology development works very differently from the way government programs are launched, managed — and ended. There are lessons for government in the way the gadgets we use are created. […]
Math – tears = Khan academy
Back to School | An increasingly popular online program is teaching children across the country to love a subject they once dreaded | Angela Lu Larry Busacca/WireImage/Getty Images Tears. Frustration. […]
UHV Degree Ranked One of Most Affordable in Nation
GetEducated.com ranked a University of Houston-Victoria computer degree No. 4 in affordability when compared with other regionally accredited universities across the U.S. “GetEducated.com is the go-to source for recognizing standout […]
Saving Money On Back-to-school Technology. By Evan Haning
By Evan Haning WASHINGTON – There are many ways to cut costs when buying back-to-school tech supplies for high school and college. DISCOUNTS A $200 discount on an expensive MacBook […]
Gov. Perry Announces Creation of Western Governors University Texas
Online university to make a college degree more affordable and accessible for Texans AUSTIN – Gov. Rick Perry, with the support of Higher Education Chairs Sen. Judith Zaffirini and Rep. […]
SAS® Flash Cards for Apple® iPad® and iPhone® Good for All Ages
SAS’ new and improved SAS® Flash Cards for Apple iPad and iPhone is now available from the App Store. The free app lets users choose from more than 3,000 flash […]
Technology and Teaching
By Steven J. Corbett Is it a given that technology enhances the acts of writing, as it does the arts and sciences of film-making, design, engineering, data collection and analyses, […]
WATTS: See the lights? It’s a train wreck coming
BY DAVID WATTS Watts is president of the University of Texas of the Permian Basin. Some say demography is destiny. The baby boom generation has created enormous challenges and opportunities. […]
How Khan Academy Is Changing the Rules of Education
By Clive Thompson Matthew Carpenter, age 10, has completed 642 inverse trigonometry problems at KhanAcademy.org. Photo: Joe Pugliese “This,” says Matthew Carpenter, “is my favorite exercise.” I peer over his […]
Pondering Digital Learning
By Fawn Johnson Former District of Columbia School Chancellor Michelle Rhee was in town last week discussing one of her main complaints with the public school system–that it doesn’t use […]
All Colleges Are Not Created Equal, and Neither are Students
By Richard Selcer University of Texas at Arlington President James Spaniolo’s recent guest column (See: “Does anyone regret earning a college degree?,” July 6) seems to ignore the deeper problems […]
Inefficient Professors: A Very Expensive Service
Using lots of people to do something costs more as people themselves cost more each year By Tim Worstall Matt Yglesias picks up on the inflation of the cost of […]
College Tuition up 392% Since 1986! It’s Time to Have a Voice
Rock the Ivory Tower provides a platform for college students, recent graduates and parents to share their personal stories on the rising cost of tuition, student loan debt, and their […]
Reinventing the Wheel is Expensive, So Stop
By Andrew Gillen The effect of technology on college costs is a source of great debate, but the two sides are basically arguing past each other. On the one side, […]
Teachers Back in the Classroom Learning About New Technology
By Dan Bellerose The Sault Star One week after elementary school students raced out the door to begin a two-month summer break, more than a dozen of their instructors find […]
UT Controversy – Both Sides Say They Care About Higher Ed
Both believe and fundamentally say they care about the quality and accessibility of higher education. By Reeve Hamilton Randy Diehl, the dean of the University at Texas at Austin’s College […]
Attacking the Cost of College, From the Outside
By Reeve Hamilton If there was a theme to the just-concluded 82nd legislative session it was do more with less, and Rep. Dan Branch, Dallas Republican and chairman of the […]
Pioneering Education Reform Ideas From Aspen Ideas Festival
At the 2011 Aspen Ideas Festival, genConnect interviewed pioneers in the field of education on initiatives underway to help students learn the most effectively, particularly in the digital age. Education […]
US – Behind in Education, Competitive Workforce, New energy, Digital Infrastructure
Thirty years ago, the United States dominated the world politically, economically and scientifically. But today? “The tallest building in the world is now in Dubai, the biggest factory in the […]
Race and Ethnicity in Digital Technology
By Gretchen Livingston Latinos are less likely than whites to access the internet, have a home broadband connection or own a cell phone, according to survey findings from the Pew […]
Schools Embrace the iPad – Embracing the Extended Classroom
Joshua Lott for The New York Times Max Mashal, a sixth grader, used his iPad at Pinnacle Peak Elementary School in Scottsdale, Ariz. By WINNIE HU ROSLYN HEIGHTS, N.Y. — […]
US Should Read Into e-book Use
A movement is afoot in Florida to revolutionize our textbooks, and it’s time that we all got on board with it. A recent article on the blog GOOD.is reported that […]
Universities Turn to Outsourced Instructors
By Didi Tang But the teachers won’t be on the university payroll. They work for St. Petersburg-based Poynter Institute, a non-profit journalism training group, which has agreed to supply the […]
Lawmaker Says Digital Learning is Key to Education Reform
By Tiffany Teasley Replacing the traditional course with a computer, that’s what state Sen. Bill Coley says is part of the solution towards reforming Ohio’s education system long-term. “The digital learning, […]
Tech System Names Vice Chancellor for Distance, Online Learning
By Walt Nett Tim Hudson, a member of the chancellor’s staff at the University of Houston System, has been named to vice chancellorship in distance learning in the Texas Tech […]
FTC’s Brill: New online privacy tools needed
By Grant Gross IDG News Service – An old privacy model in which websites gave consumers notice about what information they were collecting and allowed them to opt out isn’t […]
High School Grads Picking Community College, Other Affordable Colleges
By Elizabeth Doran Jamesville-DeWitt High School senior Alexis Wilson dreamed of attending Houston Baptist University and loved it even more after touring the school last summer. She was accepted there, […]
America Must Embrace Global Innovation
Editor’s Note: Navi Radjou is Executive Director of the Centre for India & Global Business at Judge Business School at the University of Cambridge where Jaideep Prabhu is the Jawaharlal […]
Opportunities for Efficiency and Innovation: A Primer on How to Cut College Costs
Opportunities for Efficiency and Innovation: A Primer on How to Cut College Costs By Vance H. Fried | Future of American Education Project View the working paper as an Adobe […]
