One starting point for thinking about the thinking about “competency-based education” is the executive summary of a 2002 report from the “National Post-Secondary Educational Cooperative”
Do Faculty Matter? Effects of Faculty Participation in University Decisions
This paper models the effects of faculty participation in university decision making. Its findings suggest that by affecting academic quality, faculty participation provides a net
Small, Private Colleges Woo Veterans With Scholarships
NPR piece by Gloria Hillard – November 18, 2013 Many veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are taking advantage of GI benefits to
Peter Brooks, Our Universities: How Bad? How Good? NYRB
In the March 24, 2011 issue of the New York Review of Books, literary scholar Peter Brooks reviewed four widely read books on higher education
A Future with Only Ten Universities
“In 50 years, he says, there will be only 10 institutions in the world delivering higher education and Udacity has a shot at being one
