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University of California system bans fully online degrees

Inside Higher Ed

Image: The University of California system has never had any fully online undergraduate degree programs at any of its 10 campuses. That loophole was closed this month when the University of California Academic Senate approved Senate Regulations 610 and 630, which instituted an undergraduate residency requirement.

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Institutional autonomy: does it need an ‘academic community’?

HEPI

This post was kindly authored for HEPI by Gill Evans, Emeritus Professor of Medieval Theology and Intellectual History at the University of Cambridge. On that basis, having taken advice from HEFCE, he had been able to forward ten institutions to the Privy Council for approval as universities. It remains important.

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New digital texts shake up monograph publishing (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

Is A New Vision for Islamic Pasts and Futures —an interactive, open-access, born-digital monograph developed by Brown University Digital Publications and published in August by MIT Press —the monograph of the future?

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A Global Shift in Higher Education Requires a New Business Model: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 180 with Drumm McNaughton and Catherine Friday

The Change Leader, Inc.

Drumm McNaughton This conversation–rooted in the findings of E&Y white paper: How are you balancing the books for a digital future? For universities that don’t have the cushion of the Ivy League list, the stark reality of declining enrollment and soaring costs looms large. covers the global shift in Higher Education.

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If You Were Designing Cal State Today: A Proposal Out of MIT

eLiterate

I recently ran across a white paper called Ideas for an Affordable New Educational Institution out of MIT’s J-WEL center. While the paper contains no groundbreaking new ideas, the gestalt of it is interesting and timely. My call with him confirmed my sense that this paper is worth writing about.

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Beyond Ideas: Implementing Innovative Structures in Higher Education: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 179 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Dr. Philomena "Philly" Mantella

The Change Leader, Inc.

This approach ensures that universities are responsive to the unique needs and aspirations of today’s diverse student body. This approach ensures that universities are responsive to the unique needs and aspirations of today’s diverse student body.