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The Evolution of Compliance For State Authorization of Distance Education

WCET Frontiers

Summary Releasing today, The History of State Authorization of Distance Education is an extensive review of the origins and evolution of state and federal oversight of consumer protection regulations in higher education. The History of State Authorization of Distance Education paper was commissioned by the State Authorization Network (SAN).

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Pride in the Halls

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

It coincided with HRC’s HBCU Out Loud Day, which takes place the third Wednesday of October during LGBTQ History Month. Dacey, who recently narrated a video about LGBTQ history at UND, has remained engaged with advocacy at the university. In 2022, the university finally launched an official LGBTQ alumni affinity group, ARC.

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Essential Reading for Technology in Student Affairs v1.1

Mistaken Goal

A few weeks ago, I posted a set of recommended readings that I originally sent to a colleague who asked me what I would recommend as essential reading for understanding technology in student affairs. I’ve updated this list adding two sets of resources. Friedman and the rest of the uncritical MOOC cheerleaders) or dystopian views.

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How Academic Advising Impacts the Question: Are You Coming Back Next Semester?

Faculty Focus

Light (2001) states, “It is hard to imagine any academic support function that is more important to student success and institutional productivity than advising” (p. Advising services in higher education assist first-year students to choose courses and appropriately schedule them, help select a major, and plan a future career. Robbins, S.,

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How Academic Advising Impacts the Question: Are You Coming Back Next Semester?

Faculty Focus

Light (2001) states, “It is hard to imagine any academic support function that is more important to student success and institutional productivity than advising” (p. Advising services in higher education assist first-year students to choose courses and appropriately schedule them, help select a major, and plan a future career. Robbins, S.,

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Review of Jamie Kreiner, "The Wandering Mind"

Inside Higher Ed

The normal thing in recent decades is to interpret the symptoms of acedia as a matter of depression—a tendency reinforced by Andrew Solomon’s widely hailed book The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression (2001), with its nod to Evagrius in the title. The author is a professor of history at the University of Georgia.)

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Many New Ideas are Quite Old

Mistaken Goal

It’s very common for us to worry about the effect of technology on our personal lives and psyches. Finally, I return to technology and indeed to the core idea that motivated my selection of “MistakenGoal.com” as the URL of this website. That’s an incredibly familiar complaint among today’s faculty!