• Yes, but do they give the state rate?

    Updated: 2013-01-30 15:06:00
    The 10 Worst Hotels and Motels in America

  • From InsideTrack's Adult Education Bulletin

    Updated: 2013-01-30 11:00:00
    : Rick Osborn's Continuing Education Blog A discussion of continuing higher education , adult education , training,and related--and some unrelated--Tennessee . topics Wednesday , January 30, 2013 From InsideTrack's Adult Education Bulletin The stories below were the most-read InsideTrack Adult Education Bulletin items of 2012. From the rise of MOOCs to shifts in student demographics , this list includes some of the top higher education trends of the past . year 1. The Great Unbundling of the University Read the : article theatlantic.com 2. Remediation : Higher Education's Bridge to Nowhere Download the report : completecollege.org 3. The Story of the University of Phoenix Read the article : nbsp publicradio.org 4. 6 adult decisions delayed by the economy Read the article : cnn.com 5. Why

  • Welcome WGU Tennessee

    Updated: 2013-01-29 13:56:00
    : Rick Osborn's Continuing Education Blog A discussion of continuing higher education , adult education , training,and related--and some unrelated--Tennessee . topics Tuesday , January 29, 2013 Welcome WGU Tennessee Governor Haslam announces new Tennessee higher education . institution State of the state address But even with this progress , we still have a lot of work ahead of us . Only 32 percent of Tennesseans have earned an associates’ degree or higher . That’s not good enough . Our goal is to move the needle so that Tennessee is on track to raise that number to 55 percent by 2025. Tonight we begin our drive to 55” a strategic initiative to have the best trained workforce in . America To do that , we must improve affordability and access in higher education . To help us achieve this

  • Save the date

    Updated: 2013-01-29 11:30:00
    : Rick Osborn's Continuing Education Blog A discussion of continuing higher education , adult education , training,and related--and some unrelated--Tennessee . topics Tuesday , January 29, 2013 Save the date CAP CALL Regional Workshop Accelerating Time to Degree : Completion Hybrid Online and Competency-Based Models March 6-7, 2013 Pennington Biomedical Research Center , Conference Facilities Baton Rouge , LA Registration will officially open on Friday , January 18th . nbsp To reserve your spot early , please contact Jeannie McCarron at 303 964-5253 or jmccarro regis.edu today Visit www.capnetwork.org for . updates Posted by Rick Osborn Email This BlogThis Share to Twitter Share to Facebook : Reactions No : comments Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to : Post Comments

  • Another fine Tennessee Whiskey

    Updated: 2013-01-29 00:00:00
    : Rick Osborn's Continuing Education Blog A discussion of continuing higher education , adult education , training,and related--and some unrelated--Tennessee . topics Tuesday , January 29, 2013 Another fine Tennessee Whiskey And this one is not distilled in a dry . county From The . Tennessean Corsair Distillery's Triple Smoke wins Artisan Whiskey of the Year award Move over Jack Daniel’s another Tennessee whiskey company is taking the spotlight . nbsp Nashville’s own Corsair Distillery won Whisky Advocate Magazine’s Artisan Whiskey of the Year for its Triple Smoke . nbsp To make that smokey flavor , the company used three factions of malted barley , each smoked by a different fuel . The whiskey also was pot distilled and barreled in new charred . oak Posted by Rick Osborn Email This

  • Elf school

    Updated: 2013-01-28 11:00:00
    : Rick Osborn's Continuing Education Blog A discussion of continuing higher education , adult education , training,and related--and some unrelated--Tennessee . topics Monday , January 28, 2013 Elf school Yes , I said Elf School From The Atlas Obscura Me , I want to minor in Dobby , the . House-Elf Álfaskólinn Elf School Some Icelanders take their belief in elves very seriously . nbsp For example , road crews in Iceland will sometimes hire folklore experts to determine if certain boulders are homes to elves , and will divert the road around the boulder if it turns out there are little people living within it . nbsp This belief in elves doesn't stop with road workers and superstitious locals either . After escaping a car crash unscathed , a member of the Icelandic Parliament had a 30-ton

  • God help me, I do love Top Ten lists

    Updated: 2013-01-28 00:00:00
    Top Ten Mysteries of the Universe

  • Infographic Friday

    Updated: 2013-01-25 11:00:00
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  • LIfehacker U

    Updated: 2013-01-24 11:00:00
    : Rick Osborn's Continuing Education Blog A discussion of continuing higher education , adult education , training,and related--and some unrelated--Tennessee . topics Thursday , January 24, 2013 LIfehacker U Lifehacker categorizes the various MOOC courses available for spring . There are courses in computer science and technology , finance and economics , and even cross-disciplinary studies . Lifelong learning in the 21st Century , although , as I've said before , I still don't understand their business . model Plan Your Free Online Education at Lifehacker U : Spring Semester 2013 Your education doesn't have to stop once you leave school—freedom from the classroom just means you have more control over what you learn and when you learn it . We've put together a curriculum of some of the

  • Meanwhile, just over the mountains in North Carolina

    Updated: 2013-01-23 11:00:00
    : , Rick Osborn's Continuing Education Blog A discussion of continuing higher education , adult education , training,and related--and some unrelated--Tennessee . topics Wednesday , January 23, 2013 Meanwhile , just over the mountains in North Carolina A.B . Tech brews up a winner . This article from News-Record.com leaves out the technical part of this community college's name , but let's hope most of it is . accurate Asheville community college offers beer classes The perfect courses for plenty of college students , crafting beer . nbsp Asheville-Buncombe Community College plans to offer a series of classes to support the area’s beverage industry . The program would prepare students for the area’s winery , brewery and distillery . industries School president Hank Dunn says the mission of

  • Mmmmmm . . . pie

    Updated: 2013-01-23 00:30:00
    : Rick Osborn's Continuing Education Blog A discussion of continuing higher education , adult education , training,and related--and some unrelated--Tennessee . topics Wednesday , January 23, 2013 Mmmmmm pie Pure Michigan Celebrates National Pie Day infographic Posted by Rick Osborn Email This BlogThis Share to Twitter Share to Facebook : Reactions No : comments Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to : Post Comments Atom About Me Rick Osborn I'm currently the Secretary Treasurer for the Tennessee Alliance for Continuing Higher Education TACHE and I'm a past president of both the Association for Continuing Higher Education ACHE and TACHE . In the real world , I work in university continuing education administration . The views expressed here are my own and not the views of

  • Only two days left to submit a proposal

    Updated: 2013-01-22 20:24:00
    : Rick Osborn's Continuing Education Blog A discussion of continuing higher education , adult education , training,and related--and some unrelated--Tennessee . topics Tuesday , January 22, 2013 Only two days left to submit a proposal To the 29th Annual Conference on Distance Teaching Learning The deadline for proposals is 4 pm CST Thursday , January 24, 2013. Presentation types for 2013 have been condensed to 5 formats : workshops , information sessions , discussions , e-poster sessions , and speed sessions . Click on the following links to learn more : details 2013 presentation formats Guidance on matching format(s with your experience Rating criteria and process details Proposal form requirements FAQs Still have unanswered questions Email Kimary Peterson or call her at 608-265-4159.

  • Nashville is hot right now

    Updated: 2013-01-22 16:15:00
    : Rick Osborn's Continuing Education Blog A discussion of continuing higher education , adult education , training,and related--and some unrelated--Tennessee . topics Tuesday , January 22, 2013 Nashville is hot right now Even The New York Times is taking . notice Nashville Takes Its Turn in the Spotlight Portland knows the feeling . Austin had it once , too . So did Dallas . Even Las Vegas enjoyed a brief moment as the nation’s it” city . nbsp Here in a city once embarrassed by its Grand Ole Opry roots , a place that sat on the sidelines while its Southern sisters boomed economically , it is hard to find a resident who does not break into the goofy grin of the newly popular when the subject of Nashville’s status comes up . nbsp Mayor Karl Dean , a Democrat in his second term , is the head

  • Are you ready for a new continuing education position?

    Updated: 2013-01-21 11:00:00
    : Rick Osborn's Continuing Education Blog A discussion of continuing higher education , adult education , training,and related--and some unrelated--Tennessee . topics Monday , January 21, 2013 Are you ready for a new continuing education position Everyone knows the best time to find a new job is when you already have . one But are you ready CBS News has some warning signs , including the two listed . below How do you know when to stop The same question can be applied to jobs and careers . When have you learned as much in one job , or even in one career , as you can At what point will you start to wreck what you've created by staying too long Everyone I have ever interviewed on this topic has told me that they stayed in their job , or profession , for at least one year too long . nbsp The

  • Infographic Friday

    Updated: 2013-01-18 11:00:00
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  • Knoxville and Memphis in the top five

    Updated: 2013-01-17 11:00:00
    : Rick Osborn's Continuing Education Blog A discussion of continuing higher education , adult education , training,and related--and some unrelated--Tennessee . topics Thursday , January 17, 2013 Knoxville and Memphis in the top five Happiest cities for . workers Knoxville trails only Dayton , Ohio . Still , all in all , I'd rather be in Honolulu . By the way , the least happy is Milwaukee , Wisconsin . From . CareerBliss Happiest and Unhappiest Cities for Workers Dayton , Ohio Knoxville , . Tenn Honolulu , Hawaii Memphis , . Tenn Pittsburgh , . Pa Posted by Rick Osborn Email This BlogThis Share to Twitter Share to Facebook : Reactions No : comments Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to : Post Comments Atom About Me Rick Osborn I'm currently the Secretary Treasurer for the

  • Siri struggles to speak Southern

    Updated: 2013-01-16 10:00:00
    : Rick Osborn's Continuing Education Blog A discussion of continuing higher education , adult education , training,and related--and some unrelated--Tennessee . topics Wednesday , January 16, 2013 Siri struggles to speak Southern You have to wonder how she does with farn . accents I've got Siri on my new iPhone but I have put her to work yet . From The Chattanooga Times Free . Press Apple's Siri has issues with Southern accents From HAL and Skynet to the Borg and GLaDOS , science fiction long has predicted that mankind and machines will develop a tempestuous relationship in the future . According to some users of Apple's digital personal assistant Siri , however , the misunderstandings have started . already Siri or Speech Interpretation and Recognition Interface is capable of completing

  • What was the name of your 2012 novel?

    Updated: 2013-01-15 11:00:00
    : Rick Osborn's Continuing Education Blog A discussion of continuing higher education , adult education , training,and related--and some unrelated--Tennessee . topics Tuesday , January 15, 2013 What was the name of your 2012 novel Email . It never stops . Megan Garber , writing in The Atlantic tells us we produce a novel's . worth You Probably Write a Novel's Worth of Email Every Year So we know that the average worker spends 13 hours a week 28 percent of office time on email . Which multiplies out to eek 650 hours a year . nbsp But what does that time investment look like as physical well , physical output How does it amass as words typed and sent and otherwise generated Here's one estimate 41,638 words . That's per the personal assistant app Cue which integrates services like contacts ,

  • I wonder if they have an outreach division?

    Updated: 2013-01-14 18:53:00

  • Call for Proposals

    Updated: 2013-01-14 00:00:00
    : Rick Osborn's Continuing Education Blog A discussion of continuing higher education , adult education , training,and related--and some unrelated--Tennessee . topics Monday , January 14, 2013 Call for Proposals The ACHE Annual Conference and Meeting is a time and place for members to network and learn together as we renew our professional relationships and establish new . connections The 2013 conference theme is We Make a Difference : Practice , Pegagogy , People . 8221 The conference will be held in Kentucky at the Lexington Convention Center on November 4-6, 2013. The 2013 ACHE Annual Conference and Meeting will showcase the many ways continuing higher education makes a difference in the lives of our students , in our institutions , in our communities , as well as across the nation and

  • Infographic Friday

    Updated: 2013-01-11 11:00:00
    : Rick Osborn's Continuing Education Blog A discussion of continuing higher education , adult education , training,and related--and some unrelated--Tennessee . topics Friday , January 11, 2013 Infographic Friday Learn about infographics software Posted by Rick Osborn Email This BlogThis Share to Twitter Share to Facebook : Reactions No : comments Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to : Post Comments Atom About Me Rick Osborn I'm currently the Secretary Treasurer for the Tennessee Alliance for Continuing Higher Education TACHE and I'm a past president of both the Association for Continuing Higher Education ACHE and TACHE . In the real world , I work in university continuing education administration . The views expressed here are my own and not the views of any college ,

  • Workforce development

    Updated: 2013-01-10 14:57:00
    : Rick Osborn's Continuing Education Blog A discussion of continuing higher education , adult education , training,and related--and some unrelated--Tennessee . topics Thursday , January 10, 2013 Workforce development Adult education finds a way to improve everybody's lives . From . Time Brazilian Prostitutes Learning English Before 2014 World Cup In advance of the 2014 World Cup , Brazil is getting ready for its close up . And Brazilian prostitutes are getting ready for their own close ups with a lot of English-speaking . tourists As the country braces for an influx of soccer fans , nbsp according to Reuters Brazilian prostitutes are signing up for free English classes being offered by a prostitute advocacy group in Belo Horizonte , one of the cities slated to host World Cup matches . This

  • Cost adjusted graduation rates

    Updated: 2013-01-10 11:00:00
    : Rick Osborn's Continuing Education Blog A discussion of continuing higher education , adult education , training,and related--and some unrelated--Tennessee . topics Thursday , January 10, 2013 Cost adjusted graduation rates The Washington Monthly ranks colleges in a new way . The fact that institutions serving high minority populations score well was surprising . America’s Best-Bang-for-the-Buck Colleges So this year , the Washington Monthly rankings incorporate a new measure we call the cost-adjusted graduation rate . 8221 This involves tweaking the calculations the magazine has long used to derive a school’s social mobility score . In the past , we predicted a college’s graduation rate using the median SAT ACT score of each school and the percentage of its students receiving Pell

  • Fidgital

    Updated: 2013-01-09 11:00:00
    : Rick Osborn's Continuing Education Blog A discussion of continuing higher education , adult education , training,and related--and some unrelated--Tennessee . topics Wednesday , January 9, 2013 Fidgital Must . check . iPhone . Salon covers a new . generation Welcome to generation fidgital” Remember that horrible date who wouldn’t stop checking their phone during dinner Remember the not-so-nice word you called them afterwards Well , the New York Times is here to help . Your companion wasn’t being rude , just . figital FIJ-IH-TULL . ADJ Excessively checking one’s devices . Victoria grew tired of watching her fidgital fiancé glance at his iPhone every five seconds . 8221 See also : Supdate food-related status keybard a skilled texter Lizzie Skurnick might have been joking when she coined the

  • A modern day underground railroad

    Updated: 2013-01-08 11:00:00
    : Rick Osborn's Continuing Education Blog A discussion of continuing higher education , adult education , training,and related--and some unrelated--Tennessee . topics Tuesday , January 8, 2013 A modern day underground railroad For undocumented immigrants , following in the adult education tradition of Paulo Freire , among others . I admire these Bulldogs From Libby Sander , writing in The Chronicle of Higher . Education In a Secret Classroom in Georgia , Immigrants Learn to Hope Mr . López , who had been brought to Georgia from Mexico as a toddler , came to resent the fact that his very existence here had become a political issue . He got involved in local groups pushing for greater opportunities for immigrants like him , and for policy changes far beyond the scope of the failed federal

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