"Tectonic Shifts" in Employment - Technology Review

http://www.technologyreview.com/article/39319/

Author David Talbot analyzes the changing nature of work and also provides evidence that job creation is much more complex and difficult to really manage than most politicians want to admit.

Complying with USDOE "program integrity" regulations.

Russ Poulin, Deputy Director of Research and Analysis for WICHE is doing tremendous work keeping the higher education community up-to-date information on how to comply with the USDOE "Program Integrity" rules focusing on "state approval of out-of-state providers."

WCET's initial site on the out-of state issue has links to the regulations and interpretations. Russ has also created a comprehensive blog on the issue. This week's valentine's day post provides an important update on developments.

Online Education as a Disruptive Force

Kabir Chibber of the BBC News takes an advanced look in a November 11, 2010 article at how online technologies are changing many facets of higher education once thought fundamental to a college campus. At the University of San Antonio, the school is unveiling a digital library. Several schools report on their use of streaming lectures and e-text books.