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HE Challenges: Fast changing digital teaching methods

Neo LMS

In the previous posts on this topic our examination found that technology can and does help when it comes to improving completion rates , reducing tuition costs and helping universities to bridge the revenue gap. There is evidence that universities have a slow-changing culture , when compared to for instance high- or secondary-schools.

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The Awkward Truth About ‘Free College’—It Isn’t Truly Free

Edsurge

But as soon as more people showed up to campuses in 2015, Tennessee higher ed leaders discovered a problem: Students were surprised by the additional costs of going to college. If someone can’t meet their basic needs for food and housing, they’re unlikely to consider post-secondary as an option,” she says. “Or

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U.S. K-12 Educational Technology Policy: Historical Notes on the Federal Role

Doug Levin

For each of the three primary (equity-focused) federal educational technology programs authorized by Congress since the passage of the 1994 revision to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), below I provide details on the programs’: legislative authorization (i.e., FY 2015 $0. ” FY 2012 $0. FY 2013 $0.

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Rural students often go unnoticed by colleges. Can virtual counseling put them on the map?

The Hechinger Report

The school has two full-time school counselors, but in 2012 laid off a staffer whose sole focus was guiding students to college or other post-secondary options. The shelves were once full of materials about colleges and scholarships as well as other post-secondary options, but the school laid off the center’s staffer amid budget cuts in 2012.

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Rural Education Addressing A Tension Point in the Great American Divide

Edsurge

With about one-third of all public elementary and secondary schools in rural communities, there is a need to understand and support the needs of rural schools. Understandable, but not equitable when data shows that rural areas have slightly higher poverty rates than urban areas. The 2014 U.S.

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Rural Education: Addressing A Tension Point in the Great American Divide

Edsurge

With about one-third of all public elementary and secondary schools in rural communities, there is a need to understand and support the needs of rural schools. Understandable, but not equitable when data shows that rural areas have slightly higher poverty rates than urban areas. The 2014 U.S.

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Why is America Forgetting About Rural Education?

Edsurge

With about one-third of all public elementary and secondary schools in rural communities, there is a need to understand and support the needs of rural schools. Understandable, but not equitable when data shows that rural areas have slightly higher poverty rates than urban areas. The 2014 U.S.

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