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HP Ed Tech Innovators Award

Submitted by brocansky on Thu, 06/24/2010 - 12:29pm

HP and the New Media Consortium (NMC) have teamed up to launch the HP EdTech Innovators Award to address the struggle many colleges feel to keep up with the pace of integrating emerging technologies into learning. By showcasing the work of innovative educators—and helping them share their best practices—the aim of this award is to accelerate the integration of information technology into curricula and teaching.

Rate of Growth in Distance Education Doubles in Community Colleges

Submitted by bdoherty on Wed, 04/14/2010 - 8:56am

In a study published by the Instructional Technology Council, it was found that for the 2008-09 academic year enrollment in distance education for community colleges grew 22% over the 2007-08 academic year. This rate compares with a growth rate of 11% in the previous year. This rate is somewhat higher than that found in a recent Sloan-C study that found for all distance education the growth was 17%. The growth rate for overall enrollment in higher education was less than 2% in this period.

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College Enrollment Hits All-Time High, Fueled by Community College Surge

Submitted by bdoherty on Fri, 03/26/2010 - 12:37pm

A recent Pew Research Center analysis of newly released U.S. Census Bureau data, shows that the percentage of 18-24 year olds attending college hit an all-time high in October 2008 (39.6%). The analysis further shows that the increase was greatest in community colleges, hitting 11.8% and almost one percentage point increase from the previous year. In the same period enrollment at four year colleges actually declined by a small amount (-.1%). As we who are involved in the community colleges this trend has likely further increased in the more than year since October 2008.