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What happened to online education?
While overall consumer interest has showed a  year-to-year decline, one market segment clearly wants online education the most.  Wes Kauble shares TCAT survey results. 



Today's Campus Update. July 2010



Bernard J. Luskin, CEO & Senior Provost, Touro University Worldwide
Bernie Luskin has worked extensively where communications technology meets higher education.  He has also been involved in a number of launches and business deals of note.  Today he's responsible for taking one of the Touro University enterprises to its next level. 



A rational comparison of iPad and PC tablet
 
New + Notable by Tom Robinson
 
The iPad introduction has colleges ramping up technology and interactivity in the classroom.  But the venerable PC tablet may be a better option.  Find out when and why.
 



Not sure you’re ready for college? Try it out for free.

New + Notable by Tom Robinson

A new "test drive" program allows qualified would-be students to try out an online course, and even earn credit, before commtting full-time.  Colleges and taxpayers benefit, too.
 



Student Identity Verification
We think we know who enrolled in the course.  Now who's taking the exam?



Emily Sawtell, Director, New Business Ventures, McGraw-Hill
An Australian by birth who commutes between New York and London, Ms. Sawtell is hard at work enhancing the college experience with a multi-dimensional social network application.  


Michael Jortberg, Higher Education Industry Leader, Acxiom Corporation

A recently uncovered half-million dollar financial aid fraud at Rio Salado College involving as many as thirteen co-conspirators is getting headlines.  Identity theft played a major role in the ongoing scam.  Identity checking was lax at best.  This recent interview with Michael Jortberg gets to the heart of the matter. 




Today's Campus Update January 18, 2010
The most popular online articles with readers this month.  A don't-miss online suggestion from our editors.  Previews of our next magazine.  And more. 



Chuck Cascio, Vice President, Partnership Expansion, Educational Testing Service
It's certainly not your grandpa's test.  Here's how Educational Testing Service and Certiport will be measuring and certifying critical thinking proficiency. 



Quinn Sutton, Senior Vice President, Marketing, Certiport
Quinn Sutton says critical thinking is the topic of raging debate in the U.S.  Is critical thinking a talent or a skill?  Who needs it?  How is it taught?  How is it measured?  What are ETS and Certiport doing about it?


TC Update
January 5, 2010. Interesting reading from 2009.  Readers' favorites and editors' suggestions.  Campus Photos, Crime on Campus, and more.



Fred Hakes, Director, Division of Continuing Studies, Indiana University,Kokomo
What's a stopout?  Can he or she be re-enrolled and succeed?  What works best?   Fred Hakes shares his expertise.



Larry Pawola, Associate Dean, U of Illinois, Chicago
Hundreds of thousands of medical providers--doctors' offices, clinics, hospitals - will be converting to digital medical records.  That expectation is nourishing an academic discipline called health informatics.  Larry Pawola shares his experience as the major provider of online learning currently in that field.   



Jason Cole, Chief Operating Officer , Remote-Learner.net LLC
Jason Cole applied his Ph.D. in educational technology by revamping sales training for IBM and by helping the world's largest online learning purveyor install its learning management system.


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