Here’s a new infographic from OnlineCollege.org, via Edudemic: Connecting Education & Technology. I know that you can’t visit a website without getting slapped in the face by an infographic these days – well, now that includes Barry Dahl dot com. I look forward to the first interactive infographic – you know, one that you can [...]
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Earlier this week I was interviewed by Shawn and Mark of the Tightwad Tech Podcast at Element Opie Productions. That podcast was posted this morning (10/13/2011). My portion of the recording begins at the 12:30 mark. Listen to the Podcast at their site. A couple of points/corrections: I mentioned (off the top of my head [...]
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This is the final post in the series of twelve. Unless I decide to keep going. All posts are categorized as $10K Degree. I’ve probably gone too far. I might have had a useful nugget or two, but I’ve probably taken these ideas to an extreme point where almost everyone will say something like: “That’s [...]
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Before I conclude this series of 12 posts, let me share some of the examples that I am aware of that have helped shape my thinking about what a new institution of higher ed might look like. Not all of these are low-price providers (see post #9 for more of those), but they have something [...]
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This is the tenth post in the series of twelve. In this and the next two posts, I’ll put together my thoughts for how a $10K degree institution could work. All posts are categorized as $10K Degree. As I’ve been looking at this issue of the $10K degree, several things have risen to the top [...]
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This is the ninth post in the series. Probably about 3 more coming soon. Then I’ll be all tuckered out. The next 3 will lay out my vision for a college with $10,000 baccalaureates. All posts are categorized as $10K Degree. We know that we are nowhere close to the $10K degree when we are [...]
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This is the eighth post in a series of undetermined length. All posts are categorized as $10K Degree. Let’s say that the mythical Rick Perry University (RPU) will be offering $10,000 baccalaureate degrees to those students who decide that RPU is just the type of educational opportunity they’ve been looking for (whatever that might be). [...]
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This is the seventh post in a series of undetermined length. All posts are categorized as $10K Degree. If the first two years of a $10K degree are taken at a community college, a student should be pretty much on track for a $10,000 baccalaureate. Then the university tuition kicks in for years 3 and [...]
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This is the sixth post in a series of undetermined length. All posts are categorized as $10K Degree. One of the questions that I posed at the SREB meetings is “who is this degree opportunity intended for?” It is my contention that the $10K degree will not be appealing to those top students who are able [...]
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This is the fifth post in a series of undetermined length. All posts are categorized as $10K Degree. Trying to run the high hurdles is a challenge. It becomes more of a challenge as they continue to raise the hurdles to new heights. College prices also continue to explode to new heights. I’m going to [...]
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