WCET In The News

Welcome to the WCET press page where you will find news releases and articles in which WCET is referenced. WCET also serves the media as a source for expertise on innovative applications of technology and policy issues in e-learning, and the implications for higher education. Contact us at 303-541-0231 or e-mail wcetinfo@wiche.edu for expert opinions and leads to e-learning practitioners.

2013

• Georgia Tech to Offer a MOOC-Like Online Master's Degree, at Low Cost The Chronicle of Higher Education (May 15, 2013).
• Community College Students Prefer In-Person Classes Over Online for Important Subjects CityTownInfo.com (April 30, 2013).
• An Entrepreneur Reaches for the 'Holy Grail' of Online Education The Chronicle of Higher Education (April 29, 2013) [log-in required].
• States Look to Share Online Courses for College Students Digital Education Blog: Education Week (April 26, 2013).
• Behind the Webcam's Watchful Eye, Online Proctoring Takes Hold The Chronicle of Higher Education (April 15, 2013).
• Higher Ed Increasingly Seeks Authorization for Online Classes Center for Digital Education (March 22, 2013).
• Distance Learning Providers Still Shy of State Authorization Inside Higher Ed (March 21, 2013).
• Online Programs Reject Students to Avoid Costly State Approval, Report Says The Chronicle of Higher Education (March 20, 2013).
• Who Owns Student Data? Information Week Education (February 27, 2013).
• Who Benefits from Online Ed? Inside Higher Education (February 25, 2013).
• New Development Could Help Colleges Improve Student Retention eCampusNews (February 12, 2013).
• University Data Sharing Project Takes Big Step Forward Information Week Education Section (February 8, 2013).
• The Rosetta Stone of Student Success Data - A Q & A with Russ Little, Sinclair Community College Campus Technology Community College News Feature (February 6, 2013).
• PAR Framework Releases Full Data Definitions Campus Technology (February 5, 2013).
• Vice Provost Deb Gearhart Elected to WCET Steering Committee Ohio University Compass (January 31, 2013).
• Nation's Governors Urged to Enhance Online Education Diverse Issues in Higher Education (January 21, 2013).

2012

• Mining Data to Help Students Campus Technology (November 15, 2012).
• Big Data, Big Potential Huffington Post (November 7, 2012).
• WCET Recognizes Creative Higher-Ed Tech Programs eCampus News (November 12, 2012).
• Tracking the Academic Success of Servicemembers and Veterans Strategic Enrollment Management Source from the American Association of Collegiate Registrars & Admissions Officers (October 2012).
• WCET Welcomes New 2012 Steering Committee Members (October 22, 2012).
• WCET Recognizes Institutions for Innovative Uses of Ed Tech Campus Technology (October 15, 2012).
• As Online Course Agreements Form, Some Worry About State Regulations eCampus News (October 4, 2012).
• Community Colleges Leverage Predictive Analytics Campus Technology (September 5, 2012).
• 10 Universities Join Predictive Analytics Reporting Framework Project Campus Technology (September 4, 2012).
• PAR Framework Project Eyes Student Data Through a 'Multi-Institutional Lens' Campus Technology (August 28, 2012).
• The Myths of Online Learning Forbes (August 24, 2012).
• Data Changes Everything: Delivering on the Promise of Learning Analytics in Higher Education Educause Review Online (July 18, 2012).
• Congressional eLearning Caucus Could Prove Its Worth in 2013 eCampus News (May 30, 2012).
• The Money Smart Degree? Deltaskymag.com (May 2012).
• Do Students Pay More for Online College Courses? Survey Says...Sometimes GetEducated.com (April 3, 2012).
• Should Online Courses Charge Less? It Just Doesn't Happen Adult College Completion Network (March 23, 2012).
• U.S. News Defends Online College Rankings Amid Harsh Criticism eCampus News (February 3, 2012).
• Big Data's Arrival Inside Higher Ed (February 1, 2012).
• The Predictive Analytics Reporting Framework Moves Forward Campus Technology (January 18, 2012).
• 'U.S. News' Sizes Up On-Line Degree Programs, Without Specifying Which is No. 1 The Chronicle (January 10, 2012).
• Listing Toward Order Inside Higher Ed (January 10, 2012).

2011

• Data-Mining Project to Raise Red Flags For College Dropout Risks The Boulder Daily Camera (December 26, 2011).
• 'Moneyball" Meets Education, Part 2: Colleges Pool Data to Prevent Dropouts The Chronicle (December 14, 2011).
• Monitoring the PACE of Student Learning: Analytics at Rio Salado College Campus Technology (December 14, 2011).
• Grand Canyon U. Hires Adjuncts as Full-Time Online Faculty Inside Higher Ed (December 5, 2011).
• Rules Could Prompt Colleges to Pull Online Programs from Some States eCampus News (November 17, 2011).
• Online Learning Caucus Coming to Congress eCampus News (November 8, 2011).
• The Online-College Crapshoot The New York Times (November 4, 2011).
• A Secret Rule Inside Higher Ed (November 4, 2011).
• Champion for Accountability in Adult Online Education Wins WCET's Highest Award PRWeb (November 2, 2011).
• WCET Recognizes Outstanding Technology Projects that Promote Student Success in Higher Education PRWeb (October 11, 2011).
• WCET Predictive Analytics Reporting (PAR) Framework Project Delivers Millions of Course Records for Review and Analysis PRWeb (October 17, 2011).
• Cross-State Cooperation Inside Higher Ed (October 14, 2011).
• Crosstalk: Web Strategy at Small Colleges, Student-Seating Visualization Chronicle of Higher Education (September 26, 2011).
• White House Makes 'Digital Promise' to Schools eCampus News (September 17, 2011).
• WASC Distance Education Policy Revised for 2011 TechEdge (September 14, 2011).
• Mixed Feelings Over Online Courses IT Web Business (August 31, 2011).
• College Presidents Are Bullish on Online Education But Face A Skeptical Public Chronicle of Higher Education (August 29, 2011).
• UPCEA/WCET Survey Shows Institutions Struggling to Comply with State Regulations PR Web (August 18, 2011).
• Cutting Their Losses Inside Higher Ed (August 18, 2011).
• Colleges are Slow to Seek Authorization in Other States, Survey Shows Chronicle of Higher Education (August 18, 2011).
• Ad Hockery and the Potemkin Effect in Higher Ed IT Campus Technology (July 29, 2011).
• For Profits that Share Data Inside Higher Ed (July 14, 2011).
• NILOA Guest Viewpoints National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment.
• As Costs of New Rule Are Felt, Colleges Rethink Online Course Offerings in Other States The Chronicle of Higher Education (July 1, 2011).
• 'U.S. News' Plan to Rank Online Colleges Worries Some Officials, The Chronicle of Higher Education (June 30, 2011).
• No Going Back, Inside Higher Ed (June 24, 2011).
• 'State Authorization' Struck Down, Inside Higher Ed (July 13, 2011).
• IT's Balancing Act Campus Technology (May 26, 2011).
• WCET Receives Grant for Groundbreaking Higher Education Analytics Research (May 16, 2011).
• Colleges Pan Guidance on 'Program  Integrity' Rules Inside Higher Ed (March 21, 2011).
• WICHE Cooperative for Educational Technologies (WCET) Announces State Authorization Program (March 7, 2011).
• IT Innovation and Adoption in Higher Education, Campus Technology (April 2011).
• Online Education: Where Is It Going? What Should Boards Know?, by Kenneth Green and Ellen Wagner (January/February 2011).

2010

Managing Online Education articles:

• Colleges Lock Out Blind Students Online (December 2010)
• Interior Barriers to Online Expansion (November 2010)
• As For Profit Colleges' Enrollment Growth Slows, Analysts See Signs of an Industry Reset (November 2010)
• Online Education: Budgets, Leadership Changes Drive Restructuring (November 2010)

More articles:

• Student Authentication, Academic Integrity, and Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008 (August 2010)
• WCET's Listserv Discussion About Texas A&M's Restructuring Stirs Debate Over Best Way to Run Online Programs (June 2010)
• College Choices for Adults Adds New Data and a New Member (June 2010)
• USDLA Hall of Fame inducts Ellen Wagner (April 2010)

2009

• WCET Appoints Ellen Wagner as new Executive Director (November 2009)
• NonTraditional Students Report: New website helps adults choose an online program (November 2009)
• Managing Online Education Survey: (November 2009)
  • Chronicle's Wired Campus
  • Inside Higher Ed
  • eCampus News
  • eSchool News
  • Faculty Focus
  • Say Campus Life
  • Managing Online Education Survey Video and Summary
• University of Hawai'i E-learning Leader Receives WCET's Highest Award (November 2009)
• WCET Recognizes Three Institutions for Outstanding Use of Technology in Higher Education (September 2009)
• Internet2 and School Libraries: The Time is Now (More than Ever) (September/October 2009)
• Integrity in Distance Ed by Barbara Beno (see bottom of page five) (Summer 2009)
• WCET Launches New Website to Offer Transparency to Adult Learners (August 2009)
• Blackboard Adopts Acxiom's Student-Identify-Verification Service: WCET's Best Practices to Promote Academic Integrity Cited (July 2009)
• WCET/WICHE "Funding of Academic Collaborations" Cited in Chronicle Article on Consortia (May 2009)

2008

• WICHE and WCET Win Grant to Improve Transparency and Accountability in Adult Higher Ed
• WCET Announces Awards for Outstanding Use of Technology in Higher Education
• WCET Joins Initiative to Bring More Accountability to Adult-Serving Higher Education

2007

• Pioneer in Accessible Teaching Technologies Wins WCET's Highest Award
• WCET Announces Awards for Outstanding Use of Technology in Higher Education

 

 

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