Sandefer is the founder of the Acton School of Business and a prime mover behind the effort in Texas to radically change the University of Texas. from Real Estate Investment Ideas No doubt the most unusual M.B.A. program in the country is run by the Acton School of Business in Texas. It is built o[...]
Posts Tagged ‘online learning’
April 19th, 2011 - 6:19 am § in America, Schools & Colleges
Who is Richard Sandefer and Why Should I Care?
April 19th, 2011 - 12:14 am § in America, Schools & Colleges
Is Higher Education a “Bubble?”
from The Center for College Affordability and Productivity on April 6th, 2011, by Richard Vedder Higher education is in a bubble situation-its price has risen sharply, fueled by cheap federal loan and grant money (sound familiar?) while the return on the investment has fallen. More and more college [...]
April 13th, 2011 - 10:16 pm § in Schools & Colleges
Higher Education Group at Seattle MoveON
Starting after the Civil War, step by step America created a university system, including private and public colleges, that offered unheard of opportunities for an upwardly mobile America. The words are still thrilling .. GI Bill, Land Grant Universities, Pell Grants, National Merit Awards[...]
Let WGU manage the Huskies!
Now that Western Governors Washington is a Washington state university, why not ……? Imagine, without a need for faculty to annoy the athletes, their graduation rates would be wonderful! Imagine, for far less than the cost of athletic scholarship, WGU mentors could assure us that every at[...]
WGU vs. Phoenix .. getting your BGED in Biology.
The Seattle Times reports that online schools are replacing the community colleges as place to get the bachelor’s equivalent degree. A new version of the GED is now emerging .. I call it the BGED .. Bachelor’s Graduation Equivalent Degree. Like their online high school equivalents, som[...]
April 11th, 2011 - 10:50 pm § in Schools & Colleges, UW
Assault on Education Continues; New Bills Referred to Committee
Two new bills were introduced this week that would dramatically change standard practices in higher education in Washington State. HB 2049 (Zeiger R-25) establishes a new higher education performance advisory council to make recommendations on changes in higher education governance to the HECB/SBC[...]
Meritocracy or Class warfare?
Ed. I ceased donating to Harvard several years ago. I did so, not because of a lack of pride in my college or lack of gratitude for what it did for me, but because of a belief that Harvard is part of a system that is moving the US toward a dysfunctional, class based, self […][...]
April 11th, 2011 - 12:00 pm § in Misc.
The WGU Model I: The UW now must choose between becoming a private university in the State of Washington or downgrading itself and depriving Washington of a top ranked research university.
Last Friday, the Washington State Senate voted to lower the standards of our colleges and universities to a standard that is shocking. These votes were not based on the need to control the bidgets. They actually add to the costs of higher education in the State. As a result of these votes, I wou[...]
April 11th, 2011 - 6:11 am § in Schools & Colleges, UW
WGUI Chancellor, PR Agent for Iraq War, No Previous Experience with Higher Ed.
Ed. Western Governors University is now officially a campus under the state of Indiana’s University system. The-AVE has commented on WGUI at this link. This post is an update and discussed WGUI’s peculiar choice of a Chancellor whose main credentials seem to come from being a right wing [...]
April 10th, 2011 - 9:48 am § in Schools & Colleges
BREAKING NEWS: Online Schools will be regulated by the Department of Education
A spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid confirmed on Saturday that the final deal will not include the rider that would have prevented the Obama administration from cracking down on the online school industry. based on news Huffington Post, with additions by Ed: A bipartisan group of H[...]