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Patrick Tabatcher

Fraser Speirs - Blog - Thoughts on the Google Nexus 7 - 0 views

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  • Patrick Tabatcher on 02 Aug 12
     
    A review of the new Nexus 7 through the lens of someone heavily involved in education and implementing iPads at a school. 
Kristine Howard

Gainful Employment (IFAP - Dear Colleague Letters) - 0 views

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    related to the GE aspect of the Program Integrity rules. Publication Date: April 20, 2011 Subject: Implementation of Regulatory Requirements Related to Gainful Employment Programs Summary: This letter provides guidance on new requirements for institutions that offer educational programs that prepare students for gainful employment in a recognized occupation. Dear Colleague: Final regulations published in the Federal Register on October 29, 2010, [75 FR 66665 and FR 66832], by the U.S.
wlampner

U.S. Department of Education Expands Innovation in Higher Education through the Experim... - 0 views

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  • The Department took those suggestions, and will be providing institutions with greater regulatory flexibility to design and test new approaches to student financial aid designed to meet the need of these students through several new experiments that will: Enable students to earn federal student aid based on how much they learn, rather than the amount of time they spend in class by providing federal aid to students enrolled in self-paced competency-based education programs. Provide flexibility for an institution to provide a mix of direct assessment coursework and credit hour coursework in the same program. Allow the use of federal student aid to pay for prior learning assessments, which can allow students—including returning adults or veterans—to decrease their time to get a degree.
  • Institutions that apply for and are granted these limited waivers would be able to have more flexibility over a portion of their federal student aid in order to implement experiments suggested by colleges, universities and the higher education community. Applications for the new experiments will be due in late September
  • Department is also announcing today that it will collaborate with the Department of Labor to develop a $25 million grant competition for an Online Skills Academy to support the development of a platform to enable high-quality, free or low-cost pathways to degrees, certificates, or other employer-recognized credentials
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  • release a notice inviting applications this week for a $1.5 million grant to study online education which will contribute to the growing body of evidence about what works in online education, especially for low-income and first-generation students.
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