Re: The Cost of Learning

The world could really use some great social innovations. It’s not the technology that’s a limiting condition now. It’s how the technology gets put together. I really hope that advertising is not the social innovation for the web.
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Business Models of U.S. Institutions of Higher Education

What are the revenue and expense models in use by colleges and universities? And are there combinations of revenue and expense models that indicate some institutions are following uniquely different business strategies compared to their competitors? A study of 1,144 private not-for-profit institutions in the United States suggests some answers.
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Re: The business of education

The recent exchanges involving Tony Hirst, Stephen Downes, and Martin Weller about elearning business models engage an important topic in a lively, informed, and even-tempered way. But must we leave the discussion off-line, as was proposed?
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Looking Under Light Poles

In the U.S. currently, many colleges and universities have priced themselves precariously, making low-cost competitors the likely source of disruptive efforts to redefine higher education. Here I try to locate colleges and universities with innovative business models that include a low-cost strategy.
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