Even if IG’s audit recommendations on WGU are not adopted by Dept of Ed, the findings will likely have a big impact in California and in the fragile movement of CBE.
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WGU Audit Findings: Interpretations of “regular and substantive” and “self-paced”
The inspector general of the dept of education audits Western Governors University and under hyper-literal interpretation of regulations finds that WGU should not receive Title IV federal funding.
First Board Meeting For Kaplan / Purdue University: Tuition Levels Set
Purdue University’s tuition changes for the online university soon to be formerly known as Kaplan give us some early hints about direction and raise questions about whether NewU will be targeting in-state as well as out-of-state students.
Purdue University Deal To Acquire Kaplan University: Interview with Trace Urdan
One of the most knowledgeable observers of the for-profit sector gives us his take on this unprecedented deal.
Recommended Reading: ED Clarifies Its Intent on State Authorization Reciprocity
Last year Russ Poulin from WCET and I wrote an essay for Inside Higher Ed (also published at e-Literate) describing and countering attempts by the Century Foundation and other activists who were arguing against the State A A coalition of consumer groups, legal aid organizations and unions object to the state of New York joining […]
Ed Tech Evaluation Plan: More problems than I initially thought
Late last week I described the new plan from the US Department of Education (ED) and their Office of Educational Technology (OET) to “call for better methods for evaluating educational apps”. Essentially the ED is seeking proposals for new ed tech evaluation methods so that they can share the results with schools – helping them […]
US Department of Education: Almost a good idea on ed tech evaluation
Richard Culatta from the US Department of Education (DOE, ED, never sure of proper acronym) wrote a Medium post today describing a new ED initiative to evaluate ed tech app effectiveness. As increasingly more apps and digital tools for education become available, families and teachers are rightly asking how they can know if an app actually […]