Controlling costs Archives

Is there more to a MOOC than its completion rate?

October 20, 2015October 16, 2015 by By Meris Stansbury, Managing Editor, <a href='https://twitter.com/esn_meris' target='_blank'>@eSN_Meris</a>

Significant cost return-on-investment, massive social networking momentum, and thousands of downloads of one University’s MOOC have led experts to the conclusion that their MOOC initiative is a home-run…

Duncan calls for more college funding

July 28, 2015 by By Christina Jedra, The Baltimore Sun

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IT Leadership

Containing the costs of a higher education degree

June 23, 2015 by Meris Stansbury

Many higher-ed institutions are turning to online models to more cheaply deliver certain kinds of courses and assess student learning. Is this, in fact, a good or sustainable…

IT Leadership

3 ways tech can reduce growing costs for student services

May 14, 2015 by By Meris Stansbury, Managing Editor, <a href='https://twitter.com/esn_meris' target='_blank'>@eSN_Meris</a>

As campus IT departments move to on-demand models—ecosystems that support fully-customized and personalized options—for student services and campus functions, it’s also critical to provide these services at a…

Campus Leadership

Will further state higher-ed funding cuts hinder economic innovation?

April 21, 2015 by Laura Ascione

A new analysis of state spending projects that a slowing in the growth of the labor force will lead to slower economic growth over the next decade, while…

IT Leadership

How to calculate the real costs of developing and delivering MOOCs

March 6, 2015 by By Meris Stansbury, Managing Editor, <a href='https://twitter.com/esn_meris' target='_blank'>@eSN_Meris</a>

Is a MOOC worth anywhere between $39,000 to $325,000 in development and delivery costs to your college or university? How do you know? For colleges and universities already…

Campus Leadership

Community colleges seeking money to hold onto students

March 18, 2015February 27, 2015 by By Michael Goot, The Post-Star

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IT Leadership

Accreditation is bigger than a chicken-and-egg problem

November 12, 2014 by By Michelle R. Weise

Sylvia Manning, former president of the regional accrediting agency, the Higher Learning Commission, who was also infamously embroiled in the closure of Altius Education, has published a paper…