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Whither alternative (and improved) credentialing?

Changing Higher Education

I recently served on a panel at a meeting organized by the California Higher Education Innovation Council to look at " Alternative Credentials and Unbundling the Degree: Meeting Employer Needs or Short-Circuiting Proven Approaches?" Our panel was challenged beforehand by its moderator, Ryan Craig, to imagine how conditions had to change over the next decade in order for alternative credentialing ("e.g. nanodegrees and badges" according to the meeting invitation) to become a major force in high

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Reflections on Tenure in Canada vs Wisconsin

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This entry is available at Inside Higher Ed as well. ~~~~~~. In the context of some intense debates about tenure in the University of Wisconsin System, and at UW-Madison, I’ve been acquiring some interesting information and views about tenure and related governance matters in Canada vs Wisconsin. Reflections and data have been kindly provided by Canadian leaders representing faculty and university administrative bodies, both nationally and in select universities.

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A day in the life of a TERMINALFOUR Client Support Engineer

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There's more to it than just turning it off and on again

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Baumol, Walker, and Xerxes

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In the introduction to Athanasius: On the Incarnation De Incarnatione Verbi Dei , C.S. Lewis discusses the predilection that some people have to spend a considerable amount of time reading about an idea instead of simply reading the idea itself. An optimist, Lewis attributes this to humility on the part of readers who are hesitant to believe that they can directly confront and understand big ideas.

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Understanding the Social Change Model of Leadership (SCM): Igniting Students’ Academic Development P

The article addresses the Social Change Model of Leadership Development. It elucidates the SMC background, key assumptions, and the main pillars of the model to form a a change agent who could be helpful with institutional in-service delivery.

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Cost allocation in the research university and what it tells us

Changing Higher Education

Universities often report a number that appears to indicate how much the university spends on instruction. We might believe that this number accurately represents teaching expenses and even do some analysis based on that belief. We would be wrong to do so. . John V. Lombardi , in How Universities Work. This somewhat cynical observation by Lombardi was informed by his broad and sometimes painful experiences as Provost at Johns Hopkins University, President of the University of Florida, Chancello

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California still not addressing the workforce gap - plus ca change

Changing Higher Education

Five years ago in a post , I described a thesis study by Lauren Cooper on potential solutions to the looming workforce gap in California. Her analysis was based primarily on projections of California workforce needs in 2025 made by the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC). Dr Cooper's analysis of the CSU - level workforce shortfall suggested that CSU needed to open 12 new campuses by 2025 to meet needs - an unlikely solution to the problems given the finances of California.

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Arizona State University and edX open a new frontier- maybe

Changing Higher Education

Arizona State University (ASU) and edX recently announced a joint project to offer an online freshman year with full official credit from ASU - The Global Freshman Academy : “We’re going to have 12 new courses, of which students will take eight,” Mr. Crow (President of ASU) said. “They have to be constructed at a fantastic level of digital immersion, not just talking heads.

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An update on StraighterLine - a "disruptor in the making"?

Changing Higher Education

A few years ago, I identified a few organizations that I thought were doing things in higher education that were examples of approaches that potentially could be disruptive to the field ( Potential disruptions in the higher education space ). Among these is StraighterLine , which offers primarily introductory level college courses much more inexpensively and flexibly than traditional colleges and universities.

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Higher Ed social media roundup: The Thanksgiving edition

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What universities and colleges are giving thanks for this holiday

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The future of virtual reality has already arrived for universities and colleges

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Universities and colleges are using virtual reality technology to engage with students

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A Student's perspective: How my university engages with me

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Emma Page, third year university student and Digital PR Executive at HeX Productions.

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Brand new Instagram advertising for universities and colleges

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How to target more students with Instagram’s new ads

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4 of our all-time favorite Higher-Ed Halloween Trick or Tweets

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#Halloweenspooktacular campaigns

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Social Selling: How Higher Education institutions can leverage social selling

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How content is the new currency in sales

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What I learned from Sir Clive Woodward about managing talent

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How to hire talented people and sustain a culture of winning

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The vanity metrics your college doesn’t need to track

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What are the vainest metrics of them all?

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5 reasons to get excited about HighEdWeb15

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#HighEdWeb15

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How colleges can get the full scope from Periscope

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Has your university on college gotten on board with the new live-streaming app?

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5 of our favourite social media posts so far this semester

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Find out who caught our eye this month

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CMS Migrations: Removing the heartache, delays and expense

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CMS Migrations don't have to be the stuff of nightmares

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Things Jeffrey Way’s talk at Laracon Made me Believe

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What I learned from the founder of Laracasts.

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The second annual Higher Education Web Survey report is here!

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Download your copy of the report today

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Great idea: Purdue University’s Hyperloop design course

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How one university made headlines with their latest course

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Best of the summer: Keele University’s Lecturers read Yik Yaks

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Watch lecturers from Keele University read posts from Yik Yak

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Securing HTML5 Web Applications

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Based on talks by Carlo Bonamico and David Lindsay at DevOxxUK 2015

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Marketing Council of Elders – Does your institution have one?

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Why marketing councils are breaking down university walls

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Sign up for our webinar: 7 simple tips to deliver results online

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Find out why you need to sign up for our webinar

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Is your college using big data to track your students?

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Can you follow your students' journeys from beginning to end?

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How Bournemouth University are getting it right with student vlogs

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A spotlight on a university vlog

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How universities can use vlogs to increase student engagement

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Video is the future of content marketing

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How universities and colleges celebrated Independence Day

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#fourthofjuly

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Why your clearing campaign should be up and running by now

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When to start your 2015 clearing campaign

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How to transform your website from Clark Kent into Superman

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How do you know when it's time for a website redesign?

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5 ways to generate more student leads online

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How student lead friendly is your website?

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5 of the best social media commencement campaigns

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How universities are celebrating their graduating classes of 2015!

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When good marketers go bad: Do marketing disasters exist?

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#marketingfail

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