Monday, January 28, 2013

A University without Faculty: The Demise of the University of Phoenix and the Rise of the MOOCs

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The University of Phoenix is now the largest university in America, but this may soon change. This mostly online institution is facing an ...
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Wednesday, January 23, 2013

The Udacity of Hope: Leadership in the Age of Austerity

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As many are now judging President Yudof’s time as the head of the UC system, what we have to consider is that the biggest effect of austerit...
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Thursday, January 17, 2013

UC Regents Meeting Report: Rewriting History and Forgetting the Faculty (1/16/13)

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President Yudof outlined his big online vision near the start of the Regents Meeting on Wednesday. He argued that since so many students are...
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Tuesday, January 15, 2013

UC-AFT Public Comment for Regents Meeting (1/16/13)

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1. We appreciate the increased funding from the state, but this does not make up for years of reductions; moreover, we are concerned about t...
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Thursday, January 10, 2013

The Governor, The UC Budget, and Online Education

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This will be a rather long post that will discuss two related topics: Governor Brown’s new budget for the UC system and the Regents coming d...
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Wednesday, January 9, 2013

A Failure of Interaction: A Report from the UCLA Forum on High-Tech Higher Education

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On January 8th, I participated in the forum on online education for California at UCLA. First a few ironies: the faculty presenters had to ...
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Monday, December 31, 2012

Online for Higher Ed in California Event

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A forum on online education will be held on January 8th at UCLA (Kerckhoff Grand Salon, 9-3). The ambitious title is the following: “Reboot...
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