For as long as I've been working in the higher education policy world, people have been talking about the prospects for a breakout for distance learning (i.e., online courses) and how that would transform higher education.
Published: Thursday, March 26th, 2015 @ 10:36 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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Big things were anticipated for higher education reform in 2013 - but the sizzle turned to fizzle in many cases. Landmark court decisions got pushed off for another year, bubbles didn't quite burst, MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) did not take over vast swaths of the higher education...
Published: Saturday, December 28th, 2013 @ 1:24 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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Shortly before he died this year at the age of 102, Ronald Coase and a colleague, Ning Wang, published a book about capitalism in China. There may be lessons in it for higher education in both the United States and China.
Published: Friday, October 11th, 2013 @ 8:42 am
By: John William Pope Center
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Skyrocketing tuitions. Degree inflation. Politicized curriculums. Lowered job expectations upon graduation. Higher education in America is tangled with problems to such a degree that many have started to ask the question: is getting a traditional college education still worth it? So far, most...
Published: Friday, September 27th, 2013 @ 1:45 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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Internet commerce is the ultimate creative destroyer: the Web's immediacy, flexibility, and ability to eliminate the fixed costs of "brick-and-mortar" outlets has humbled a multitude of traditional commercial enterprises. It draws modern entrepreneurs the way new finds of gold drew adventurers in...
Published: Friday, September 13th, 2013 @ 5:35 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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