The Workforce Credentials Coalition, a newly formed body of 20 states, just held its first meeting at the New America Foundation on April 7. The group, led by teams in California and North Carolina, hopes to develop a framework of joint standards around data sharing between industry and professional certifying bodies. Leading the charge is […]

Education technology investment has taken 2014 by storm, already accumulating over $550 million dollars in the fiscal first quarter. According to CB Insights, a large venture capital database that tracks promising private companies, this accounts for nearly 45 percent of the sector’s total funding in all of 2013. Investors spent $559 million dollars in 103 […]

Distance education enrollment continues to grow with each passing year. Tuition costs are also continuing to rise. A recent report by Hanover Research, based on analysis of Peterson’s Distance Learning Database, revealed that the average cost of an online bachelor’s degree is $43,477. The report looked at 699 non-profit institutions that offer online degree programs […]

Last month the Obama administration released a voluntary best practices framework to address the growing concerns surrounding increased cyber attacks on government, corporate and research institution networks. Last summer, Stanford University suffered a security breach, allegedly at the hands of a hacker by the moniker  “Ag3nt47.” The mission of Executive Order 13636 is to “enhance […]

The GED has always been a safe haven for those that never finished high school for one reason another. Created over 70 years ago, the General Educational Development test is now facing some design and policy overhauls. The new tests will be aligned to match the Common Core State Standards that are being introduced to […]

The start of each new semester at colleges and universities around the United States means the federal government continually faces a barrage of financial aid scams. The rise in rip-offs may continue as the Obama administration outlined a plan to raise the amount of financial aid available to students in a August 2013 plan. The […]

The large and sweeping Higher Education Act is set to be reauthorized this year and everyone from journalists to President Barack Obama weighing in on the matter. The act, originally passed in 1965 and last renewed in 2008, dictates how federal funding is awarded the nation’s institutions of higher learning and  financial aid programs. The […]

The president of Excelsior College, John Ebersole, recently penned an article in Forbes that outlines the issues facing higher education in 2014. The article provides a quick look into what educators, institutions and students of higher learning can look forward to in the coming months. Issues surrounding the spiraling costs of higher education continues to […]

While some feel that online education may not be as good as face-to-face learning, many studies are now available that prove otherwise. A Gallup poll conducted in early October found that online learning programs are viewed by American as lacking in four key areas compared to traditional classroom instruction. The poll of over 1,000 adults found that […]

Recent revelations about the U.S. government’s domestic phone spying program have been dominating the coverage from major media outlets. A secret court, known as FISA or Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, issued the order on April 25, 2013. The order  grants the federal government, through the National Security Agency (NSA), access to telephone provider Verizon Wireless […]