Comments on: Adult-Serving Online Institutions are the Higher Education Innovators http://www.theother85percent.com/2008/08/adult-serving-online-institutions-are-the-higher-education-innovators/ Working adults and the new world of higher education Thu, 20 Jan 2011 03:48:27 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Santa http://www.theother85percent.com/2008/08/adult-serving-online-institutions-are-the-higher-education-innovators/comment-page-1/#comment-3124 Santa Mon, 26 Jan 2009 20:59:26 +0000 http://www.theother85percent.com/?p=58#comment-3124 Love the advice. Thank you. Love the advice. Thank you.

]]> By: Neil Greco http://www.theother85percent.com/2008/08/adult-serving-online-institutions-are-the-higher-education-innovators/comment-page-1/#comment-1532 Neil Greco Thu, 11 Sep 2008 02:24:39 +0000 http://www.theother85percent.com/?p=58#comment-1532 I must say that Capella is doing a great job in general meeting the needs of adult learners. I have taken course with the University of Phoenix online and Capella's staff has seemed to know how to work with adult learners better than UOP. One area I have concern about is the process by which professors look at incomplete grades. I was highly dissapointed to find out that Capella "is the same as most major Universities" in this regard. I must say that Capella is doing a great job in general meeting the needs of adult learners. I have taken course with the University of Phoenix online and Capella’s staff has seemed to know how to work with adult learners better than UOP.

One area I have concern about is the process by which professors look at incomplete grades. I was highly dissapointed to find out that Capella “is the same as most major Universities” in this regard.

]]> By: Keith Hampson, PhD http://www.theother85percent.com/2008/08/adult-serving-online-institutions-are-the-higher-education-innovators/comment-page-1/#comment-1274 Keith Hampson, PhD Sat, 30 Aug 2008 15:04:45 +0000 http://www.theother85percent.com/?p=58#comment-1274 Thanks for this, Mike. Very interesting. Regarding the "fierce competition for faculty . . . " that Mr. Henshaw addresses: I wonder how the growing role of technology in higher education will impact the role played by these academics and how this will in turn influence the job market for faculty. I suspect, frankly, that the rise of technology in education will continue to expose more effective ways to use people and intellectual capital, and therefore, change the nature of faculty employment. Thoughts? Keith Thanks for this, Mike. Very interesting.
Regarding the “fierce competition for faculty . . . ” that Mr. Henshaw addresses: I wonder how the growing role of technology in higher education will impact the role played by these academics and how this will in turn influence the job market for faculty. I suspect, frankly, that the rise of technology in education will continue to expose more effective ways to use people and intellectual capital, and therefore, change the nature of faculty employment.
Thoughts?
Keith

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