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New Post at WCET On Activist Role of State Government in Higher Education

I have a new post up at WCET based on some observations from the recent 20 Million Minds conference. In past years the primary role of state government was to take the lead on funding while working with statewide systems … Continue reading

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Re:Booting California Higher Education – Transcript of Darrell Steinberg Introduction

The following is a rough transcript of Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg’s talk at the 20 Million Minds conference on January 7th. Any errors in transcription are mine, and sections that were garbled are marked by []. I’d like to thank … Continue reading

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Summary of Statements Before California Panel Discussion on Online Education

As Michael mentioned, the two of us will be participating in a panel discussion next week - Rebooting CA Higher Education, sponsored by the 20 Million Minds Foundation, on January 8th. The event will be live streamed. I’ve been asked to … Continue reading

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The Rising Non-Instructional Cost of College Exemplified By University of Minnesota

This past weekend the Wall Street Journal published an insightful article on administrative bloat at the University of Minnesota and how it typifies a major problem relating to rising tuition and student debt. The article is heavily based on the … Continue reading

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MOOCs in 2012: Dismantling the Status Quo

The dominant story in higher education for 2012 was clearly the rise of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), particularly the xMOOCs such as Coursera, Udacity, and edX. There has been a lot of debate on the merits of xMOOCs in … Continue reading

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