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The dramatic announcement last week that the University of Colorado at Boulder will explore the discontinuation of its journalism school is the latest iteration of an intensifying conversation about how best to train the reporters of the future and what kind of industry will be in place to absorb graduates.
Discussions about the transformation of journalism education are hardly new, but Boulder’s case is distinctive inasmuch as it suggests an existing school may literally need to be destroyed before a more effective model can be realized. To that end, supporters of the move have given the tacit admission that the university’s current curriculum is not only ill-positioned to help tomorrow’s students, but may not be appropriately serving today’s either.
By Jack Stripling
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Ferris State University Faculty Negotiate for More Say in Tenure, Online Education Decisions
Ferris State University professors want a say in decisions regarding online classes and administrator tenure, but campus leaders say that would mean faculty expanding into management roles.
Faculty union members returned to class on Monday despite not having a contract since July 1 and rejecting what union President Jim Rumpf called a “last offer or strike situation” from the administration after bargaining throughout the weekend.
By The Grand Rapids Press
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All in the Delivery
With another summer ending, the time has come to ask the perennial question: Could this be the year higher education finally embraces the e-book?
Some think that developments since the last buying cycle, particularly the arrival of Apple’s iPad computing tablet, might foreshadow an especially good year for the electronic texts. CourseSmart, the e-textbook consortium comprising five major publishers, says it has sold four times more e-textbooks in 2009-10 than it did the previous year (although it would not say how many copies that translates to). CourseSmart would not disclose how e-book sales are going so far this season, saying it was too early, but that it is optimistic. “We expect triple-digit growth to continue,” says Heather Shelstad, director of the consortium.
By Steve Kolowich
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Chamberlain College of Nursing Offers Two New Online Educational Options to Advance Careers
DOWNERS GROVE, Ill., Aug. 30 — /PRNewswire/ — To help meet the needs of patients and providers in a rapidly changing and complex healthcare environment, Chamberlain College of Nursing is launching two new advanced education options for practicing nurses who are interested in becoming managers, educators and executives. Both new offerings are offered online to support busy nurse professionals interested in pursuing advanced degrees while juggling their responsibilities at work and at home.
By Chamberlain College of Nursing
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Online learning classes may ease costs Students advised to check if course credits will transfer toward degrees
Hannah Morris, a political science and public relations junior at OU, took an online class at Rose State College in addition to her course load at OU. Some OU students choose to take online classes at junior colleges, not to save money, but because they believe it will be easier. “Classes at junior colleges are less rigorous and more financially feasible,” Morris said. When a student enrolls in an online class at junior colleges Rose State College in Midwest City or Oklahoma City Community College, a fixed fee of $12 is added to the cost of tuition. This fee is added to cover the expenses the college takes on when offering classes taught in this manner. At Rose State, the cost per credit hour is $69, at OCCC it is $65. So, even with the $12 increase the cost of taking an online class is still fairly low. At OU however, in-state tuition is $117 per credit hour and out-of-state tuition is $236 per credit hour. This is the general cost of tuition at OU, and the fees can also be quite expensive.
By Katherine Borgerding
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