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: Rick Osborn's Continuing Education Blog A discussion of continuing higher education , adult education , training,and related--and some unrelated--Tennessee . topics Monday , February 28, 2011 Former ACHE home office location Expands in South . Carolina From the Charleston Regional Business Journal Trident Tech to open campus in Mount Pleasant Trident will operate a campus off of Hungryneck Boulevard , near U.S . Highway 17, at the site of the former Bassett Furniture store and will accommodate more than 1,000 students , Mary Thornley , president of Trident Tech , said at a news conference this . morning It’s an historic morning , 8221 Thornley said . We couldn’t be more pleased to be here . There is a reason we’re here . We’re trying to take the college to the students . 8221 Thornley
: Rick Osborn's Continuing Education Blog A discussion of continuing higher education , adult education , training,and related--and some unrelated--Tennessee . topics Monday , February 28, 2011 From the continuing education model to the elite . model Daniel Luzer , in Washington Monthly explains how chasing U.S . News rankings , which reward spending money on students and ignores student cost , forever changed George Washington University . nbsp It used to serve low-income and working adults . nbsp No longer . nbsp There's no money in . them The Prestige Racket In the summer of 1961, a twenty-two-year-old college graduate from rural Nevada packed up his young family and moved to Washington , D.C . He took a job working nights as a U.S . Capitol policeman while by day he studied for a law
: Rick Osborn's Continuing Education Blog A discussion of continuing higher education , adult education , training,and related--and some unrelated--Tennessee . topics Friday , February 25, 2011 We'll all be doing online presentations In the next few . years Geoffrey James , in his blog Sales Machine lists some tips from Wayne Turmel's book 10 Steps to Successful virtual Presentations The rules range from Identifying your objectives and outcomes to Following up and keep learning How To Give an Online Presentation Posted by Rick Osborn Email This BlogThis Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to Google Buzz : Reactions 0 comments : Post a Comment Older Post Home Subscribe to : Post Comments Atom About Me Rick Osborn I'm a recent past president of the Association for Continuing Higher
: Rick Osborn's Continuing Education Blog A discussion of continuing higher education , adult education , training,and related--and some unrelated--Tennessee . topics Thursday , February 24, 2011 Except for Chapel Hill Not a single most active city on Time s list is in the Southeast . Of course I bring down our average just by . myself America's 15 Most Active Cities Posted by Rick Osborn Email This BlogThis Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to Google Buzz : Reactions 0 comments : Post a Comment Older Post Home Subscribe to : Post Comments Atom About Me Rick Osborn I'm a recent past president of the Association for Continuing Higher Education ACHE and also a past President of the Tennessee Alliance for Continuing Higher Education TACHE Some might say my time has passed In the real
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: Rick Osborn's Continuing Education Blog A discussion of continuing higher education , adult education , training,and related--and some unrelated--Tennessee . topics Tuesday , February 22, 2011 I want to ride my bicycle bicycle bicycle A nearby college and hub of collegiate cycling offers unique . minor From the High Country Press Lees-McRae To Offer Cycling Minor Degree—College Becomes First in U.S . To Offer Bicycling Studies Minor Lees-McRae College has already won national championships on the collegiate cycling level , but the Banner Elk school sees another challenge now . The school wants to prepare cyclists for jobs after college that deal with their sport , so the school has announced a minor degree in bicycling studies to begin this . spring It is the first school in the United
: Rick Osborn's Continuing Education Blog A discussion of continuing higher education , adult education , training,and related--and some unrelated--Tennessee . topics Tuesday , February 22, 2011 Adult education in its purest form Learning for the sake of . learning What a concept . nbsp From the New York Times At the Free University , in a Store Basement , the Tuition Price Is Right In an age of escalating college costs , however , the Free University of San Francisco which resides in the basement of Viracocha , a store in the Mission District has one very large thing going for it : no tuition fees . Conceived by Alan Kaufman , 59, a poet and former instructor at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco , the Free University is an oh-so-San Francisco experiment in divorcing education
: Rick Osborn's Continuing Education Blog A discussion of continuing higher education , adult education , training,and related--and some unrelated--Tennessee . topics Monday , February 21, 2011 Awards deadline extended ACHE South Awards Deadline has been extended to February 25, 2011. ACHE South is seeking awards nominations for outstanding credit and non-credit programs , distinguished continuing higher education professionals , scholarships , and research grants . Recipients will be recognized at the 2011 South ACHE Spring Conference in San Antonio , Texas on April 19, 2011. For more information , awards descriptions , and nomination forms please visit our website at http : ache.uiw.edu awards The application deadline is February 25, 2011. If you have questions , please contact Dan
: Rick Osborn's Continuing Education Blog A discussion of continuing higher education , adult education , training,and related--and some unrelated--Tennessee . topics Monday , February 21, 2011 The economy and college retention ACT News has issued a nationwide retention . report While the retention of first-year , full time students who return for their second year of college remains stable at 67 there is mixed news when you drill deeper . down College Retention Rates Improving at Two-Year Schools , Declining at Four-Year Schools The percentage of students at two-year colleges who returned to the same institution for their second year of school has been trending up , from 53 percent in 2005 to a record high of 56 percent currently . The retention rate at four-year private colleges , in
: Rick Osborn's Continuing Education Blog A discussion of continuing higher education , adult education , training,and related--and some unrelated--Tennessee . topics Friday , February 18, 2011 Continuing education job openings The recession is over , and colleges and universities are . hiring Here are some continuing education jobs from the Chronicle of Higher Education and HigherEdJobs.com College of Lake County Associate Dean , Adult Education Webster : University Regional Director Columbia University Director , Non-Degree Professional Programs University of New : Haven Dean , University College College of : Charleston Executive Director Moravian : College Assistant Dean of the Comenius Center Immaculata University Assistant Dean at Immaculata University Missouri University of Science
: Rick Osborn's Continuing Education Blog A discussion of continuing higher education , adult education , training,and related--and some unrelated--Tennessee . topics Friday , February 18, 2011 The gutting of higher education in Nevada Things are awful in the Silver . State From the Las Vegas Sun UNLV president’s somber warning on budget cuts moves faculty to tears This amounts to foreclosure , 8221 said Greg Brown , a history professor and president of the Nevada Faculty Alliance , a professor . group Michael Bowers , UNLV’s provost , noted that UNLV is 54 years old and that he has worked there 27 years . I never thought this day would come , but we have to plan , 8221 he . said The emotional display was unprecedented , Bowers said after the meeting , because we’ve never had a situation
: Rick Osborn's Continuing Education Blog A discussion of continuing higher education , adult education , training,and related--and some unrelated--Tennessee . topics Friday , February 18, 2011 Continuing education into the high schools This is dual enrollment , of course , but what's interesting is that the high school seems to be on the semester system and the university on the quarter . system The high school students have a longer time period to complete the classes--which means that when two students start freshman composition in the fall , one at the high school and one at UW , they complete the courses at different rates . nbsp Which is fine and all but probably difficult to administer . nbsp I hear Registars softly sobbing . From the Seattle Times UW program expanded for Kent
: Rick Osborn's Continuing Education Blog A discussion of continuing higher education , adult education , training,and related--and some unrelated--Tennessee . topics Thursday , February 17, 2011 Cuts in North Carolina It's not a . surprise Low-producing programs all across the country are being eliminated . From the Charlotte . Observer UNC system cuts 60 programs , including 7 at UNC Charlotte CharlotteObserver.com The UNC system eliminated 60 under-performing academic programs across the state Friday a declaration of its desire for a more efficient . university The university closes programs with low enrollment every two years , but it is rare for so many programs to get the ax at once . And in many cases over the years , just as many new programs are approved as are . eliminated Not
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