All the stresses that face traditionally “at-risk” students are now stresses that most or all students are dealing with. Universities need to study what has worked and scale it up.
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Expansion of OPM-Derivative Model: Disney covers online degrees for hourly employees through Guild Education
Disney hands employees new educational benefit (with all four fingers), expanding Guild Education’s influence in market
UF Online’s New Corporate Partner: Discover Financial joins Walmart with Online Education benefit
UF Online adds another corporate partner in Discover Education, following news about Walmart. Are they defining an alternate approach than most OPMs to marketing & enrollment?
WCET: Clarity into the successful transition of UF Online
Great discussions at #WCET17 conference help clarify how UF Online sheds hubris and continues to transform into growing and healthy online program
The Remarkable Transformation at UF Online
The University of Florida, based on a plan created by the state legislature, started UF Online in 2013. The original business plan was a case study in optimistic enrollment planning and the road-to-riches through online education.
IBM’s Misleading or Just Incorrect National Ad on Student Retention
Thanks to Chris Edwards for alerting me to this one. In a nutshell, IBM launched a national ad campaign last month that included commercials during Wimbledon on the weekend. They’re spending big money on this campaign about big data, learning analytics, and reducing “dropout rates” [emphasis added below]. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiv4X1K7iX4 In the US, 3 in 10 […]
UF Online and Enrollment Warning Signs
The University of Florida Online (UF Online) program is one of the highest profile online initiatives to be started over the past few years (alongside other public institution programs such as California’s Online Education Initiative, OpenSUNY, Cal State Online, and Georgia Tech / Udacity). UF Online, which I first described in this blog post, is an […]