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Category Archives: Honors and Learning Technology
Decline of the Residential College Experience: A Risk to ‘Emerging Adulthood’?
Amid rising college costs and sharply reduced state funding, many actual and would-be reformers view the dramatic expansion of online instruction as the best way to save money and improve access to higher education. While online classes are a great … Continue reading
Posted in Best Value and Finances, Honors and Learning Technology, Opinion, Uncategorized
Tagged A.W. Astin, Arthur Chickering, college student peer relationships, emerging adulthood and college, emerging adulthood and online college instruction, Is online college instruction harmful to student development, Jeffrey Arnett, Lisa M. Swenson, MOOCs and student peer relationships, online instruction and development of college students, UCLA Higher Education Research Institute
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UT Austin: $310 Million for Engineering Research and Student Projects
The Cockrell School of Engineering at UT Austin has launched a $310 million project to build the Engineering Education and Research Center , which will include 23,000 square feet of space for engineering students to create and develop hands-on projects. … Continue reading
Posted in Campus News, Honors and Learning Technology, Honors Research, Uncategorized
Tagged cockrell school of engineering, james truchard, national instruments ceo funds new student research center at ut austin, undergraduate engineering research, UT Austin to build new engineering research center
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Gates Foundation: No More Cuts for Colleges, but More Productivity from Pell Recipients
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has released a summary of their recommendations for dealing with the budget crisis in public universities, and key to their findings is that while state funding cuts have been severe and should go no … Continue reading
OU Honors College Works with Student to Develop MOOC Pilot Program
Note: this excellent piece by Max Janerka, is from the Oklahoma Daily. A great story about an honors dean collaborating with a student… Starting this coming semester, OU will be offering an experimental program of MOOCs, or Massively Open Online … Continue reading
University of Houston Honors College: High Value Added
While some national rankings overlook the University of Houston, the Honors College is a strong value-added component in a city that has lots of jobs to offer in business, engineering, and law. The average honors student has a 1300 SAT … Continue reading
Leading Public Universities Differ on Best Online Partners
Concerned about rising operating costs and uneasy about keeping pace with innovations in online learning, thirteen leading public universities have already taken sides in the emerging battle over which Mass Open Online Course (MOOC) organization offers the best vision for … Continue reading
Macaulay Honors College CUNY: Devour the Big Apple
Students who are residents of New York State have the unique opportunity of qualifying for free tuition and other benefits at the Macaulay Honors College, which is affiliated with eight senior colleges of the City University of New York. Admission … Continue reading
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Tagged David Bauer Macaulay Honors College, Free Tuition Macaulay Honors College, Honors technology Macaulay Honors College, Macaulay Honors College
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Collegiate Learning Assessment (CLA): A Rationale for Honors?
In a previous article, we wrote about philanthropist Bill Gates and his ideas regarding hybrid college courses that combine “superstar” faculty videos with classroom discussion groups. The Gates Foundation is also associated with the Council for Assistance to Education, which … Continue reading
Bill Gates on College: More Hybrid Courses, Less ‘Marking Time’
In the most recent issue of the Chronicle of Higher Education, philanthropist Bill Gates says that even though education “has not been substantially changed by the internet” thus far, the future is likely to bring fundamental shifts toward online instruction. … Continue reading