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MOOCs under the Microscope
At the MLA session, “Online Innovations: From Distance Learning to MOOC Madness,” professors from Carnegie Mellon, Rochester and Utah addressed a myriad of concerns about MOOCs.
The Education Bubble & Poverty
A major problem with the student loan bubble is that federal financial aid goes to some students that are not in dire need.
Academic bias at IRS?
Before explaining why conservative groups seem to have been targeted by the IRS, an agency official explained to congressmen why colleges and universities got a pass on taxes that they did owe.
Old Reforms, New Issue
The Chronicle of Higher Education offered up more than a dozen reforms to shake up higher education.
University Competition with Private Enterprise
Thousands of commercial programs are being run by state and private non-profit universities, engaging in unfair competition with for-profit companies, including small businesses.
Academia Resists Reform Efforts
Attempts to reform higher education usually result in the object of those efforts digging in its heels.
They Don’t Work Hard for the Money
This July, in reaction to comments made by President Obama in May, the Center for American Progress (CAP) convened a panel to discuss postsecondary educational attainment entitled “Working Learners.”
Nickle and Dimed
Long before America became accustomed to corporate fat cats asking for handouts like well-dressed homeless people, a cadre of millionaires has been subsidized by Uncle Sam with precious little oversight. Of course, we’re talking about college presidents.
Brother, Can You Spare an Endowment?
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has issued a new questionnaire which asks some tough questions of college leaders.