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8 Reasons To Start an EdTech Company in South Korea
Just back from a 10 day trip to South Korea. Came back convinced that there is an incredible opportunity to form a Korean based edtech startup.
Differential Tuition
I’m was not at all surprised when Santa Monica College abandoned their proposed two-tier fee schedule. Charging more for more popular courses alienates both students as well as faculty. And if one three credit course earns as much credit toward graduation as another three credit course, how can there be a differential pricing mechanism?
Universities and the Exam
The university community in Russia has widely discussed a recent proposal of the Ministry of Education and Science to introduce obligatory professional qualification exams for all university graduates. While such systems exist in a number of countries, for Russia this idea is new and for some universities, scary. It is every teacher’s nightmare that he or she will be accountable for their students’ results as the exam seems certain to be implemented. Why does the Russian Minister of Education and Science, Andrei Fursenko, believe that this measure to be a promising one and why is now best time to introduce it?
Preparing to Bite One Bullet, Then Dodging Another
Over the past eighteen months, Ben has considered, at various times, attending a university in another country; a marvelous but outrageously expensive arts college in North Carolina; and an equally pricy Florida school where he could play baseball year-round.
Reduce – Reuse – Recycle ... Reprint?
Think about the last document you printed. What if you could unprint it? In other words, what if you could ‘erase’ the ink and reuse the paper? This might not be as far-fetched as it sounds.
Scaling College Composition
Some thoughts on MOOCs, community, college composition and robot essay graders.
Adjunct Hero Follow-Up: Justin Myer Staller
Periodically, as things happen to our adjunct heroes, I will update their stories here.
MOOCs, Machines, and Music
Some thoughts on what's been going on in higher ed.
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