Category Archives: Online Education

Campaign for the Future of Higher Education’s “Teaching Millions or Making Millions”

Posted on May 13, 2014 by admin

New video released by Campaign for the Future of Higher Education Questions False Promises of Online Education Industry.    “Online Ed: Teaching Millions or Making Millions?” at Online Ed: Teaching Millions or Making Millions?   Online Ed: Teaching Millions or Making Millions? … Continue reading →

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For-Profit Fiasco: California Public Colleges Turn to Web Courses

Posted on March 14, 2013 by admin

Jon Wiener is a contributing editor to The Nation magazine and an IFA member.  He published an article today in response to Senator Steinberg’s Proposed legislation that would  require California public higher education institutions to accept select online courses, even those offered by 3rd party profit … Continue reading →

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Senator Steinberg’s proposed online classes bill

Posted on March 13, 2013 by admin

Today’s New York Times (and a number of other news sources) had an article about proposed legislation from Senator Steinberg that would require California’s public higher education systems to accept transfer credits from select online course providers for 50 of … Continue reading →

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“UC Irvine Professor quits midway through online Coursera class”

Posted on February 19, 2013 by admin

A UC Irvine professor has stopped teaching midway through a massive online course in microeconomics offered through the Coursera organization, saying that he had disagreements on how to conduct the free class for thousands of students around the world.
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