Get College Credit For Being Famous Online
It's certainly no secret that in an age of changing business models for content creators, that understanding the nature of online marketing is important. Huge industries have grown up around online...
View ArticleIs An Online Study Group Cheating?
Vincent Clement writes in to let us know that that a student at Ryerson University in Toronto is facing expulsion for setting up an online study group for his chemistry class using Facebook. The...
View ArticleAre College Lectures Covered By Copyright?
For a while now, I've been meaning to do a post on how the very idea of our education system seems to go against what copyright maximalists believe concerning the ownership of ideas. After all, so...
View ArticleRejected From College Because Of Your Facebook Profile?
We've all seen the stories about potential dates or employers scanning your social network profiles to decide what they think of you, but what about your potential university? Slashdot points us to a...
View ArticleEntitlement Society: Grad Can't Find Job, Sues Her College For Tuition Back
We've been talking a lot about "entitlement culture" these days, with much of the focus being on companies or individuals who feel entitled to keep their old business models, even as the market is...
View ArticleJudge Tells Newspapers They Can't Report On News About College Trip Since It...
Via Romenesko we learn that a judge in Wyoming has issued a temporary restraining order against two local newspapers, barring them from reporting about a trip by the local community college's...
View ArticleDailyDirt: Hey Teacher, Leave Those Kids Alone!
There have been a lot of discussions on the value of an education, recently. Some folks are trying to determine just what a "good education" actually means. Others are trying to justify whether higher...
View ArticleCourt Says College Can Snoop On Students' Email
There have been plenty of cases where courts have said that it's okay for an employer to snoop on (employer-provided) employee email accounts. And now there's a case saying basically the same thing...
View ArticleDailyDirt: Pricing Ain't Easy
Sometimes the prices of products are mysterious -- or just don't make much sense. Why is gasoline sold per gallon to nine-tenths of a cent? How can rare artwork really be worth millions of dollars?...
View ArticleDailyDirt: Educating Adults
Elite schools aren't getting any cheaper, and college tuition seems to be rising faster than a lot of other goods (though the net price may not be). So what are aspiring university students to do?...
View ArticleDailyDirt: Take The Red Pill, Young People
In the wake of the Great Recession, many young adults are still having a hard time finding jobs. The recent unemployment rates for young adults (age 20 to 24) is about 13%, which is much higher than...
View ArticleDailyDirt: Getting An Online Education...
The existing system of going to a school, listening to lectures and getting a degree after you've passed some tests might not be the way education will operate in the near future. Massive open online...
View ArticleDailyDirt: Graduation Advice To Remember
Maybe you remember your graduation. Maybe you don't. If you were lucky, you graduated college and knew exactly what you wanted to do. You had a job all lined up, and when asked about your plans, you...
View ArticleDailyDirt: Who Cares if You Went To A Good School?
The field of education seems ripe for disruption -- with Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) and other forms of online classes. However, it's difficult to judge the quality of these online programs...
View ArticleDailyDirt: No More Classes, No More Books...
The field of education is looking ripe for disruption as "distance learning" becomes more and more practical with internet connections and algorithmic grading systems. There are still plenty of bugs...
View ArticleDailyDirt: The Coming Education Revolution
Providing digitally-distributed educations isn't as scalable as it might seem. Some topics, like math, might be a bit easier to teach with YouTube-esque videos, but some subjects may need a bit more...
View ArticleDailyDirt: Are College Degrees Useless Now?
The education industry seems to be ripe for disruption. Although it's undeniable that higher education and advanced technical skills are correlated with higher salaries, more and more parents and...
View ArticleGet College Credit For Being Famous Online
It's certainly no secret that in an age of changing business models for content creators, that understanding the nature of online marketing is important. Huge industries have grown up around online...
View ArticleIs An Online Study Group Cheating?
Vincent Clement writes in to let us know that that a student at Ryerson University in Toronto is facing expulsion for setting up an online study group for his chemistry class using Facebook. The...
View ArticleAre College Lectures Covered By Copyright?
For a while now, I've been meaning to do a post on how the very idea of our education system seems to go against what copyright maximalists believe concerning the ownership of ideas. After all, so...
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