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Western Governors University

9/7/2011: WGU comes up a lot these days as a new model for higher education. Website here. Fully accredited, started by western states to provide 4 year online degrees. Mostly licensure fields, like teaching, nursing, accounting. Tuition is $2890 for a 6 month term. From their website: Your degree requirements…

"No EmX" signs (off topic)

9/6/2011: I’ve got no ideas about the EmX vs “more buses everywhere” vs bikes vs electric nuclear-friendly cars debate. But who could oppose people posting signs protesting the EmX expansion, on their own property? The city of Eugene, of course. Mark Baker of the RG has a great story on…

"The Fall of the Faculty"

9/2/2011: is a much talked about book by Benjamin Ginsberg at Johns Hopkins on the growing power of administrators. He has a long summary in the Washington Monthly: Between 1975 and 2005, total spending by American higher educational institutions, stated in constant dollars, tripled, to more than $325 billion per…

Whistleblowers pay a price

8/22/2011: If you don’t read Willamette Week, the Oregonian, or Bojack.org you probably haven’t been hearing about the recent corruption cases involving administrators from a variety of state agencies, PSU, and Portland City government. Here’s an article on the price the people who blow the whistle pay.