The power of going around regulations
A few weeks ago I wrote about how college accreditors are—unsurprisingly—blocking innovation, but that the long-term solution is unlikely to be a top-down “reforming” of the accreditation […]
A few weeks ago I wrote about how college accreditors are—unsurprisingly—blocking innovation, but that the long-term solution is unlikely to be a top-down “reforming” of the accreditation […]
Oct 31, 2013
Julia Freeland, a research fellow at the Clayton Christensen Institute, and I coauthored this piece. For a number of years, educators in both district and charter settings […]
Oct 24, 2013
Keynote address delivered at the 10th Anniversary Annual Meeting of the Presidents’ Forum: “Scanning the Horizon for Distance Learning: Extending Access to Knowledge, Employment, and […]
Oct 9, 2013
The recent actions of the Higher Learning Commission (HLC), the accrediting body for the North Central United States region, essentially shut down Tiffin College’s partnership with Altius […]
Oct 3, 2013
Online, or digital, learning is continuing to grow, and as it does so, state legislatures are increasingly taking notice. In 2012, state governors signed more […]
Aug 12, 2013
Several years ago I offered words of praise when Tiffin College partnered with Altius Education to create Ivy Bridge College, a two-year online institution dedicated to providing an affordable higher […]
Aug 8, 2013
What does this all mean? The technology gives us tremendous power to solve this stark problem all around us. We need to design these so […]
Aug 7, 2013
A fascinating development took place in education just weeks ago when Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels signed an executive order creating WGU Indiana, which will be […]
Aug 5, 2010