Archive for May, 2009

Proposals to Transform Student Financial Aid

A recent Washington Post article reviews the “ambitious” Obama administration plans to change the entire landscape for student financial aid.  The article specifically cites the problem of students “amassing debt on a scale that approximates a home mortgage.”  I recently posted about increasing concerns over student debt.
The article details how the president wants to [...]

Problems with Student Debt

Recently, Steve Vodhanel has made comments on this blog about the problems of student loan debt and the impact that such debt can have on people who get caught in a situation where they are unable to get a job that allows them to repay their student loans.  A recent media interview on Inside Higher [...]

Capella University wins platinum Learning Impact Award from the IMS Global Learning Consortium

I have fantastic news to report. Capella University has won a platinum Learning Impact Award from the IMS Global Learning Consortium for outstanding use of technology. This prestigious award recognizes the most impactful use of technology worldwide in support of learning. Congratulations are deserved by everyone at Capella who has contributed to this achievement.
Mike

How Many Coffin Nails Necessary to Declare the 21st Century GI Bill a Disaster?

I have repeatedly posted on the failings of the 21st Century GI Bill and its negative impact on veterans.  The VA is insisting on pressing forward with implementation when the evidence keeps piling on that the bill is seriously flawed and unfair.  The article below from the April 29, 2009, Inside Higher Ed provides one [...]

Adults Students and Public and Land-Grant Universities

The University of Illinois Global Campus initiative has received media attention for some time.  A group of faculty are now preparing to roll-out their plans to change that initiative.
Having spent many years at public and land-grant universities, and having developed a different version of a “global campus” at a different public university system, I [...]

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