Press coverage of College Choices for Adults Web site
After years of hard work and much deep thinking by myself and the leaders of several leading adult-serving colleges and universities, it is gratifying to see the media are recognizing Transparency by Design. U.S. News & World Report, Inside Higher Ed and the Chronicle of Higher Education have published articles that examine this accountability initiative and its recently launched Web site: College Choices for Adults. You can read them at the links below and provide your own comments (either here or on their Web sites).
http://www.usnews.com/articles/education/2009/08/04/how-much-do-colleges-really-teach-students.html
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/08/04/transparency
http://chronicle.com/article/New-Web-Site-Compares-Student/47924/
Capella also just launched our own learning outcomes and accountability Web site, which provides even more in-depth information about the programs we offer and what Capella learners will actually take away from their education. You can view it at CapellaResults.com.
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[...] I have written repeatedly about Transparency by Design. The schools in that initiative are doing their best to lay out what learning can be expected, how it’s measured, and how well graduates demonstrate what they’re expected to learn. Granted, it has not been easy, but we are doing it and we will get much better at it. So should other schools. Rather than using multiple mission statements, or dismissing the competition in peer assessments, I think all of higher education should work at this important goal and make learning outcomes transparent. [...]
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[...] that has been at the core of an effort that I have written about before: Transparency by Design. While the primary purpose of this initiative is to provide consumer information for adult students, this initiative provides visibility into learning outcomes. For this initiative, quality is [...]
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