Tag Archives: adult educationPerceptions on Market Research: How Essential is College?Lumina and Gallup recently released some information regarding education polls that highlight some insight into the necessity of college from the perspective of the public. In terms of our own research at CALL, further analysis of such information is imperative … Continue reading
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Collaborative Learning: What Does it Mean?A recent article in the Chronicle of Higher Education question the idea of how learning is continually changing. Collaborative Learning is not a new concept. In fact, it existed before it was a concept at all, seeing as community is … Continue reading
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Online Education MythsCheck out College Degrees Today’s post on Myths About Online Education. Included is a comment on the fear of not learning with a community: Myth: Distance learning is too independent, what if I need help? Fact: Just like traditional schooling, … Continue reading CALL and the Shifting Landscape of EducationIn a recent article, the New York Times outlined the successful changes happening in the post-secondary education market. As new, more nuanced and inventive, programs arrive, students are left with more options. At the same time, these programs are drawing … Continue reading The Bigger Impact of Low Degree Completion RatesA few weeks ago, we reported on the The College Payoff. In the article we referenced the trends and situations of how much a degree means to you. But that isn’t the most complete picture, is it? What does a … Continue reading
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How important is job training in the recession?Workforce Watercooler has an interesting post about job hiring during the recession: If you are looking for a job…Get training, leverage the skills you have or go back to school to pursue skills you are interested in. This issue … Continue reading
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What Does it All Mean? “The College Payoff” and YouRecently, Georgetown University’s Center for Education and the Workforce released a research publication (which can be found here) entitled, The College Payoff which addresses the concerns of many Americans in difficult financial situations: What does a college degree produce for … Continue reading
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WCET: Online Ed on the New Digital ShorelineWCET guest blogger Roger McHaney discusses the changing game of education. For McHaney, the Millennial generation and their reliance on digital technologies are changing the game of education in multiple ways. Then everything changed—the tech-savvy millennials entered the scene. A … Continue reading
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Chronicle Blog: ProfHackerAlthough a blog for professors and faculty, this provides a good overview of Google’s new social interest: Google+. What sets Google+ (hereafter “G+”) from Facebook is the plural of that word “circles.” When you start creating a friend list on … Continue reading
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Targetting “Some College, No Degree” Statewide and Nationally
Inside Higher Education outlines some of the national efforts to contact those with “Some College, No degree.” In Washington, the Institute for Higher Education Policy met to discuss these topics and whether or not they were the key to certain … Continue reading →