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			<title>Two Dead In O-hi-o</title>
			<link>http://www.dltruth.com/showthread.php?tid=787</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:43:19 +0800</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Got to get down to it, janitors are gunning us down.  Should have been done long ago.....

Ooops, sorry, a flashback to my misspent youth.  I'm sure Neil Young will be writing a song about this, the latest murderous rampage on an RA gold standard campus.  

Another shooting in a "gun free zone"?   Maybe they should pass more laws and put up more signs, so the mental cases know it's really, really bad to go around shooting people.  That should solve the problem. :rolleyes:


Nathaniel Brown
RA Gold Standard employee

Suspect kills self in Ohio State shooting, police say


Quote:March 9, 2010 2:10 p.m. EST

(CNN) -- A man apparently angry over a poor performance evaluation entered a [regionally accredited] Ohio State University maintenance building early Tuesday and opened fire, killing a manager before turning the gun on himself, police said.

Larry Wallington, 48, a building services manager at the OSU Maintenance Building, was pronounced dead at the scene of the 3:30 a.m. ET shooting, Ohio State University Police Chief Paul Denton said. Wallington was a 10-year university employee, he said.

Authorities found suspect Nathaniel Brown, 51, a custodial worker, suffering from a self-inflicted gunshot at the scene, Denton said. He was transported to the Ohio State University Medical Center, where he was dead on arrival.

Police believe Brown -- a probational employee since October who had received a poor performance review -- entered the building dressed in dark clothing carrying two handguns and began firing into an office suite, Denton said. Officials would not say when Brown received the review, who gave it to him or provide further details, citing the ongoing investigation.

A third person, Henry Butler, 60, an operations shift leader, also was shot. He was in stable condition at the OSU Medical Center, Denton said.

Police earlier Tuesday had said that two people were wounded and one killed and that the alleged shooter was in custody.

About a half-dozen employees were at the building when the shooting occurred, and some witnessed it, authorities said.

Ohio State's Web site said the building where the shooting occurred was secured, and some traffic restrictions remained in place Tuesday morning. "The university continues normal operations," the school said. "Classes will be held and normal work schedules are in effect."

E-mail alerts were sent to students warning them about the shooting, the university said.

The shooting comes after the university issued e-mail alerts last week about two alleged sexual assaults and an attempted assault on campus, Ohio State's student newspaper reported.

The student newspaper, The Lantern, published an article Sunday saying that students were questioning the effectiveness of such e-mail alerts after three serious crimes last week.

Students are allowed to choose if they want to receive the e-mail alerts. On the campus of 50,000-plus students, a little more than 2,600 people receive the e-mails, police told the student paper. 

A university committee was scheduled to meet this week to determine if changes needed to be made to the notification system, The Lantern reported.


As Jack the Kipper would say, in an unrelated story...
Ohio State is No. 1 - in president's pay

Quote:By Ben Rooney, staff reporterJanuary 18, 2010: 1:57 PM ET

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Ohio State University is No. 1 again, but not in football or basketball. For the second year in a row, the school's president was the highest paid public university executive in the United States, according to a study published Monday. 

The Chronicle of Higher Education said E. Gordon Gee, Ohio State's president, took home &#36;1.6 million last year, up from &#36;1.3 million in 2008.

Mark Emmert, president of the University of Washington, was the second highest paid executive in the survey, with total compensation of more than &#36;900,000 last year. Patrick Harker, president of the University of Delaware, came in third with more than &#36;810,000 in total income.

...Meanwhile, the survey found that compensation for public university executives overall increased at a much smaller rate in 2009 than in recent years. The median total compensation for chief executives last year was &#36;436,111, up 2.3% from 2008. After adjusting for inflation, however, compensation rose 1.1%.

That compares with total compensation rising between 7.6% and 18.9% each year since 2005. 

But as the economy soured and many public universities were forced to hike tuition and eliminate courses, the issue of executive compensation became a sore spot for many schools, said Jeffrey Selingo, editor of The Chronicle.

"Steadily rising pay packages of public university chiefs riled parents, students and politicians, especially as tuition increases also had been hefty from year to year," Selingo said in a statement. 

...The Chronicle also surveyed compensation at 64 community colleges nationwide and identified Eduardo Padrón, president of Miami Dade College, as the highest paid.

Padrón's pay package totaled nearly &#36;550,000 last year. He was followed by Michael McCall, president of the Kentucky Community College and Technical College System, at roughly &#36;532,000. 


So the president of Goose's alma mater (AA, July 28, 2001) is the highest paid JuCo prez in the US?  Did I miss it or was there any comment on this at DD? :D:D:D:D]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Got to get down to it, janitors are gunning us down.  Should have been done long ago.....

Ooops, sorry, a flashback to my misspent youth.  I'm sure Neil Young will be writing a song about this, the latest murderous rampage on an RA gold standard campus.  

Another shooting in a "gun free zone"?   Maybe they should pass more laws and put up more signs, so the mental cases know it's really, really bad to go around shooting people.  That should solve the problem. :rolleyes:


Nathaniel Brown
RA Gold Standard employee

Suspect kills self in Ohio State shooting, police say


Quote:March 9, 2010 2:10 p.m. EST

(CNN) -- A man apparently angry over a poor performance evaluation entered a [regionally accredited] Ohio State University maintenance building early Tuesday and opened fire, killing a manager before turning the gun on himself, police said.

Larry Wallington, 48, a building services manager at the OSU Maintenance Building, was pronounced dead at the scene of the 3:30 a.m. ET shooting, Ohio State University Police Chief Paul Denton said. Wallington was a 10-year university employee, he said.

Authorities found suspect Nathaniel Brown, 51, a custodial worker, suffering from a self-inflicted gunshot at the scene, Denton said. He was transported to the Ohio State University Medical Center, where he was dead on arrival.

Police believe Brown -- a probational employee since October who had received a poor performance review -- entered the building dressed in dark clothing carrying two handguns and began firing into an office suite, Denton said. Officials would not say when Brown received the review, who gave it to him or provide further details, citing the ongoing investigation.

A third person, Henry Butler, 60, an operations shift leader, also was shot. He was in stable condition at the OSU Medical Center, Denton said.

Police earlier Tuesday had said that two people were wounded and one killed and that the alleged shooter was in custody.

About a half-dozen employees were at the building when the shooting occurred, and some witnessed it, authorities said.

Ohio State's Web site said the building where the shooting occurred was secured, and some traffic restrictions remained in place Tuesday morning. "The university continues normal operations," the school said. "Classes will be held and normal work schedules are in effect."

E-mail alerts were sent to students warning them about the shooting, the university said.

The shooting comes after the university issued e-mail alerts last week about two alleged sexual assaults and an attempted assault on campus, Ohio State's student newspaper reported.

The student newspaper, The Lantern, published an article Sunday saying that students were questioning the effectiveness of such e-mail alerts after three serious crimes last week.

Students are allowed to choose if they want to receive the e-mail alerts. On the campus of 50,000-plus students, a little more than 2,600 people receive the e-mails, police told the student paper. 

A university committee was scheduled to meet this week to determine if changes needed to be made to the notification system, The Lantern reported.


As Jack the Kipper would say, in an unrelated story...
Ohio State is No. 1 - in president's pay

Quote:By Ben Rooney, staff reporterJanuary 18, 2010: 1:57 PM ET

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Ohio State University is No. 1 again, but not in football or basketball. For the second year in a row, the school's president was the highest paid public university executive in the United States, according to a study published Monday. 

The Chronicle of Higher Education said E. Gordon Gee, Ohio State's president, took home &#36;1.6 million last year, up from &#36;1.3 million in 2008.

Mark Emmert, president of the University of Washington, was the second highest paid executive in the survey, with total compensation of more than &#36;900,000 last year. Patrick Harker, president of the University of Delaware, came in third with more than &#36;810,000 in total income.

...Meanwhile, the survey found that compensation for public university executives overall increased at a much smaller rate in 2009 than in recent years. The median total compensation for chief executives last year was &#36;436,111, up 2.3% from 2008. After adjusting for inflation, however, compensation rose 1.1%.

That compares with total compensation rising between 7.6% and 18.9% each year since 2005. 

But as the economy soured and many public universities were forced to hike tuition and eliminate courses, the issue of executive compensation became a sore spot for many schools, said Jeffrey Selingo, editor of The Chronicle.

"Steadily rising pay packages of public university chiefs riled parents, students and politicians, especially as tuition increases also had been hefty from year to year," Selingo said in a statement. 

...The Chronicle also surveyed compensation at 64 community colleges nationwide and identified Eduardo Padrón, president of Miami Dade College, as the highest paid.

Padrón's pay package totaled nearly &#36;550,000 last year. He was followed by Michael McCall, president of the Kentucky Community College and Technical College System, at roughly &#36;532,000. 


So the president of Goose's alma mater (AA, July 28, 2001) is the highest paid JuCo prez in the US?  Did I miss it or was there any comment on this at DD? :D:D:D:D]]></content:encoded>
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			<title>Rather: O &quot;Can't Sell Watermelons&quot;</title>
			<link>http://www.dltruth.com/showthread.php?tid=786</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:16:53 +0800</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Leftist media fraud Dan Rather declared on the Chris "Tingle Up My Leg" Matthews show that Obummer "couldn't sell watermelons if state troopers flagged traffic for him."

He also described Dear Leader as "articulate," the condescending term reserved for any black man who doesn't speak ebonics.



Dan Rather Uses “Obama,” “Articulate” And “Watermelons” In Same Anecdote


Quote:by Steve Krakauer | 4:07 pm, March 8th, 2010

Dan Rather, longtime anchor at the CBS Evening News and now of HD Net, has been known for his analogies and anecdotes (Ratherisms). 

But Newsbusters has caught one that seems to have gone way off the rails during an appearance on the Chris Matthews Show Sunday – involving Pres. Obama and “watermelons.”

In an argument about the 2012 election, Rather was describing what he thinks “Republicans” will say – and what “a lot of independents will buy.” So he’s speaking as Obama’s critics:


Quote:The Republicans will make a case and a lot of independents will buy this argument. “Listen he just hasn’t been, look at the health care bill. It was his number one priority. It took him forever to get it through and he had to compromise it to death.” And a version of, “Listen he’s a nice person, he’s very articulate,” this is what’s been used against him, “but he couldn’t sell watermelons if it, you gave him the state troopers to flag down the traffic.”


Newsbusters describes it as “one mine after another in the racial minefield,” which certainly appears to be the case, even if Rather isn’t making the argument directly. Still, substituting another fruit for the one he choose would have made this a non-story.

The language of race can be tricky, as seen in the NBC Cafeteria story last month.

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Leftist media fraud Dan Rather declared on the Chris "Tingle Up My Leg" Matthews show that Obummer "couldn't sell watermelons if state troopers flagged traffic for him."

He also described Dear Leader as "articulate," the condescending term reserved for any black man who doesn't speak ebonics.



Dan Rather Uses “Obama,” “Articulate” And “Watermelons” In Same Anecdote


Quote:by Steve Krakauer | 4:07 pm, March 8th, 2010

Dan Rather, longtime anchor at the CBS Evening News and now of HD Net, has been known for his analogies and anecdotes (Ratherisms). 

But Newsbusters has caught one that seems to have gone way off the rails during an appearance on the Chris Matthews Show Sunday – involving Pres. Obama and “watermelons.”

In an argument about the 2012 election, Rather was describing what he thinks “Republicans” will say – and what “a lot of independents will buy.” So he’s speaking as Obama’s critics:


Quote:The Republicans will make a case and a lot of independents will buy this argument. “Listen he just hasn’t been, look at the health care bill. It was his number one priority. It took him forever to get it through and he had to compromise it to death.” And a version of, “Listen he’s a nice person, he’s very articulate,” this is what’s been used against him, “but he couldn’t sell watermelons if it, you gave him the state troopers to flag down the traffic.”


Newsbusters describes it as “one mine after another in the racial minefield,” which certainly appears to be the case, even if Rather isn’t making the argument directly. Still, substituting another fruit for the one he choose would have made this a non-story.

The language of race can be tricky, as seen in the NBC Cafeteria story last month.

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			<title>Rich Douglas patting himself on the back</title>
			<link>http://www.dltruth.com/showthread.php?tid=785</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 09:59:33 +0800</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[It looks like Rich Douglas has decided to toot his own horn and give himself a pat on the back. I'm suitably impressed.

DD thread]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[It looks like Rich Douglas has decided to toot his own horn and give himself a pat on the back. I'm suitably impressed.

DD thread]]></content:encoded>
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			<title>Dixie In Victorville Now</title>
			<link>http://www.dltruth.com/showthread.php?tid=784</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 09:23:43 +0800</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Dixie Randock's taxpayer-funded vacation has relocated from chilly Dublin in northern California to warm and breezy Victorville in southern California.

http://www.bop.gov/iloc2/InmateFinderSer...=&x=96&y=8

This is quite a scenic venue, offering a breath-taking view of the snow-capped San Bernardino mountains from the desert side.  While some people are hurting their backs shoveling snow and enduring the harsh and icy punishment of "global warming," Dixie gets to enjoy her leisure time in this lovely locale.  She surely will miss this charming holiday spot when she is released a mere 400 days from now.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Dixie Randock's taxpayer-funded vacation has relocated from chilly Dublin in northern California to warm and breezy Victorville in southern California.

http://www.bop.gov/iloc2/InmateFinderSer...=&x=96&y=8

This is quite a scenic venue, offering a breath-taking view of the snow-capped San Bernardino mountains from the desert side.  While some people are hurting their backs shoveling snow and enduring the harsh and icy punishment of "global warming," Dixie gets to enjoy her leisure time in this lovely locale.  She surely will miss this charming holiday spot when she is released a mere 400 days from now.]]></content:encoded>
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			<title>Is it just me or is DD's Vinny123 ...</title>
			<link>http://www.dltruth.com/showthread.php?tid=783</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 10:08:17 +0800</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[completely full of crap? :rolleyes:

Is this meat-beater trying to tell us that some licensed social worker with an M.S.W. who then obtains a DETC PsyD won't try to portray themself as a psychologist? I hate to say it but I agree with Nosborne on this one.

DD thread]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[completely full of crap? :rolleyes:

Is this meat-beater trying to tell us that some licensed social worker with an M.S.W. who then obtains a DETC PsyD won't try to portray themself as a psychologist? I hate to say it but I agree with Nosborne on this one.

DD thread]]></content:encoded>
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			<title>All Faculty Sacked at RI School</title>
			<link>http://www.dltruth.com/showthread.php?tid=782</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 08:50:30 +0800</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Union goons beware!  Taxpayers are tired of your extortionate schemes and they are beginning to stand up to the bullies.

All Administrators and Teachers at Rhode Island School Fired 


Quote:Written by Warner Todd Huston     
Thursday, 18 February 2010 00:15  
 
I don't expect this to stick. I fully expect some left-wing, paid off judge to come to the aid of these union thugs. But... in Central Falls, Rhode Island School Superintendent Frances Gallo has fired an entire high school's worth of teachers and administrators over a labor dispute.

Central Falls High School is situated in one of the poorest sections of Rhode Island yet the teachers there make between &#36;72 and &#36;78 thousand per year, far above the mean income of the area. The school is also performing dismally.

So, Superintendent Gallo told teachers that they would have to work perhaps twenty-five minutes more per day and help tutor the students. Naturally the un-caring teachers union refused - proving once again that education and the kids are not of interest to a union.

The union wouldn't budge so Super Gallo just fired them all. Now THAT is some funny stuff right there! Good for Super Gallo.

Like I said, I doubt that the courts will allow it, but they should. These unions need to be busted.

The actions of this recalcitrant union brings to mind the nick-name that the founders had for Rhode Island. It was called Rogues Island back then. The name still fits.

This also brings to mind a famous quote of a teachers union chief from decades past. Albert Shanker, former president American Federation of Teachers (1985) was AFT president for over 20 years. His most famous quote is: "When school children start paying union dues, that's when I'll start representing the interests of school children."


 

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Union goons beware!  Taxpayers are tired of your extortionate schemes and they are beginning to stand up to the bullies.

All Administrators and Teachers at Rhode Island School Fired 


Quote:Written by Warner Todd Huston     
Thursday, 18 February 2010 00:15  
 
I don't expect this to stick. I fully expect some left-wing, paid off judge to come to the aid of these union thugs. But... in Central Falls, Rhode Island School Superintendent Frances Gallo has fired an entire high school's worth of teachers and administrators over a labor dispute.

Central Falls High School is situated in one of the poorest sections of Rhode Island yet the teachers there make between &#36;72 and &#36;78 thousand per year, far above the mean income of the area. The school is also performing dismally.

So, Superintendent Gallo told teachers that they would have to work perhaps twenty-five minutes more per day and help tutor the students. Naturally the un-caring teachers union refused - proving once again that education and the kids are not of interest to a union.

The union wouldn't budge so Super Gallo just fired them all. Now THAT is some funny stuff right there! Good for Super Gallo.

Like I said, I doubt that the courts will allow it, but they should. These unions need to be busted.

The actions of this recalcitrant union brings to mind the nick-name that the founders had for Rhode Island. It was called Rogues Island back then. The name still fits.

This also brings to mind a famous quote of a teachers union chief from decades past. Albert Shanker, former president American Federation of Teachers (1985) was AFT president for over 20 years. His most famous quote is: "When school children start paying union dues, that's when I'll start representing the interests of school children."


 

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			<title>Hypocrisy in Action</title>
			<link>http://www.dltruth.com/showthread.php?tid=781</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 13:04:25 +0800</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Gay boy pornmeister and pervert pandering puke Thomas "Chip" White claims he can't fathom the "personal/ad hominem attacks" on the DL boards.

Of course, not by him and or his cabal of fellow deviants and socialist retards.  Oh no, it's those nasty "mill operators" who have been doing it.    


Quote:In reflecting on this, I'm sure that I've been occasionally guilty of an ad hominem attack on somebody, but usually it's people like mill operators who use circular logic, blatant lies, or other deceit and misdirection to make their case, and then go into a shuck-and-jive routine when called on it. 

What about situations where the integrity of the poster (or lack thereof) is central to the argument the poster is making, and, therefore, a focus on the poster's integrity becomes at least somewhat relevant to the discussion? Would that fall under ad hominem, and in terms of argumentation, is raising such issues appropriate? 

http://forums.degreeinfo.com/showpost.ph...stcount=13

As we have seen since its inception, at Debris Inflow there is one set of rules for the Klempner Klone Kadre and an entirely different one for anyone who dares to disagree with them.  Non-believers of their simple-minded "RA or No Way" dogma are attacked, insulted, abused, threatened and stalked, and if they stand up for themselves they are banned for bogus TOS violations.  It has always been a rigged game and Thomas "Chip" White, the gay boy porn peddler and pedophile-pandering pervert, is the ring master.

The sodomite coffee-enema quack doesn't seem to understand that he is the problem, not the solution.  As long as decent people are going to be attacked by a gang of reprobates just for speaking out in favor of free choice in education and against the wealthy higher ed cartel, he is going to continue to be the problem.  

The fact is that Thomas "Chip" White has no credibility whatsoever in distance learning or higher education, and so he wants everybody who notices that fact to shut up.  He wishes people would ignore the prurient details of his own sordid existence.  Do people really want a little cockroach who makes his living selling gay boy videos to perverts telling them what they can or can't do in any facet of their lives, let alone something as important as their education?  Keep shining the light on him and watch him scurry back to his toelicker cesspool.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Gay boy pornmeister and pervert pandering puke Thomas "Chip" White claims he can't fathom the "personal/ad hominem attacks" on the DL boards.

Of course, not by him and or his cabal of fellow deviants and socialist retards.  Oh no, it's those nasty "mill operators" who have been doing it.    


Quote:In reflecting on this, I'm sure that I've been occasionally guilty of an ad hominem attack on somebody, but usually it's people like mill operators who use circular logic, blatant lies, or other deceit and misdirection to make their case, and then go into a shuck-and-jive routine when called on it. 

What about situations where the integrity of the poster (or lack thereof) is central to the argument the poster is making, and, therefore, a focus on the poster's integrity becomes at least somewhat relevant to the discussion? Would that fall under ad hominem, and in terms of argumentation, is raising such issues appropriate? 

http://forums.degreeinfo.com/showpost.ph...stcount=13

As we have seen since its inception, at Debris Inflow there is one set of rules for the Klempner Klone Kadre and an entirely different one for anyone who dares to disagree with them.  Non-believers of their simple-minded "RA or No Way" dogma are attacked, insulted, abused, threatened and stalked, and if they stand up for themselves they are banned for bogus TOS violations.  It has always been a rigged game and Thomas "Chip" White, the gay boy porn peddler and pedophile-pandering pervert, is the ring master.

The sodomite coffee-enema quack doesn't seem to understand that he is the problem, not the solution.  As long as decent people are going to be attacked by a gang of reprobates just for speaking out in favor of free choice in education and against the wealthy higher ed cartel, he is going to continue to be the problem.  

The fact is that Thomas "Chip" White has no credibility whatsoever in distance learning or higher education, and so he wants everybody who notices that fact to shut up.  He wishes people would ignore the prurient details of his own sordid existence.  Do people really want a little cockroach who makes his living selling gay boy videos to perverts telling them what they can or can't do in any facet of their lives, let alone something as important as their education?  Keep shining the light on him and watch him scurry back to his toelicker cesspool.]]></content:encoded>
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			<title>RCD Admits &quot;Failure&quot;</title>
			<link>http://www.dltruth.com/showthread.php?tid=780</link>
			<pubDate>Sun, 14 Feb 2010 14:54:35 +0800</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Sometimes it's just too easy.  

Rich Douglas Wrote:...My story is one of failure in that regard. When I first set out to do a Ph.D., I was in my mid-20's and in the beginnings of a career as an Air Force officer. My Air Force specialty was education and training, and I saw myself one day working at a DL school after leaving the Air Force. But because I took so long to graduate, what I set out to do and what I had become had changed dramatically. By the time I graduated I was a seasoned training and development professional. I tried to go a different route once I'd taken the Ph.D., but it was a mistake. (I chaired a campus department of UoP for a year. I was then offered a dean's position at two universities very well known on this board, but turned them down to return to T&D--and the commensurate salaries.)

So now I have a Ph.D. in a field in which I do not work, I do not research, and I will likely not do so in my future. It's kind of messed up, which is why I'm fixing it. 


Randell1234 Wrote:So the magic question - how are you fixing it? 


Rich Douglas Wrote:Still looking for suggestions. 

http://forums.degreeinfo.com/showthread....1d&t=33244

Any suggestions for Rich?  :rolleyes::D:D:D

In fairness to Doogle, that kind of candor is refreshing to see, particularly from someone who has taken a lot of hits here and elsewhere over the years.  We all make mistakes, and it takes a solid guy to admit it and share his difficult lesson.  

So although I couldn't resist the opportunity for an easy laugh at his expense, I'll leave it to others to offer those helpful hints on how he can mend his failed, mistaken and messed up life.  ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Sometimes it's just too easy.  

Rich Douglas Wrote:...My story is one of failure in that regard. When I first set out to do a Ph.D., I was in my mid-20's and in the beginnings of a career as an Air Force officer. My Air Force specialty was education and training, and I saw myself one day working at a DL school after leaving the Air Force. But because I took so long to graduate, what I set out to do and what I had become had changed dramatically. By the time I graduated I was a seasoned training and development professional. I tried to go a different route once I'd taken the Ph.D., but it was a mistake. (I chaired a campus department of UoP for a year. I was then offered a dean's position at two universities very well known on this board, but turned them down to return to T&D--and the commensurate salaries.)

So now I have a Ph.D. in a field in which I do not work, I do not research, and I will likely not do so in my future. It's kind of messed up, which is why I'm fixing it. 


Randell1234 Wrote:So the magic question - how are you fixing it? 


Rich Douglas Wrote:Still looking for suggestions. 

http://forums.degreeinfo.com/showthread....1d&t=33244

Any suggestions for Rich?  :rolleyes::D:D:D

In fairness to Doogle, that kind of candor is refreshing to see, particularly from someone who has taken a lot of hits here and elsewhere over the years.  We all make mistakes, and it takes a solid guy to admit it and share his difficult lesson.  

So although I couldn't resist the opportunity for an easy laugh at his expense, I'll leave it to others to offer those helpful hints on how he can mend his failed, mistaken and messed up life.  ]]></content:encoded>
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			<title>Idiot &quot;Expert&quot; Gollin Flubs It Again</title>
			<link>http://www.dltruth.com/showthread.php?tid=779</link>
			<pubDate>Sat, 13 Feb 2010 10:11:16 +0800</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Hard to believe, but this is yet another thread about yet another glaring, obvious error by the self-appointed accreditation "expert" and CHEA buffoon George Gollin (George D. Gollin, George Dana Gollin).

The "expert" apparently has no clue about the British system of accreditation.  In particular, he is utterly oblivious to the Accreditation Service for International Colleges (ASIC), an accreditation body recognised by the UK government.  

That doesn't stop The Sphincter from making his grand public character assassinations at DD, though.

ASIC is the very same UK accreditation body that issued the well-publicized accreditation of Warnborough College, discussed here and elsewhere back when it happened.  

ASIC also accredits Trans-Atlantic College, which was included on a list of mills recently posted by Gollum at DD.  Poster "Harley Peterson" politely inquired why TAC was on the list.  The idiot "expert" jerkoff fool Gollum replied that he couldn't find TAC on the DCSF lists of recognised and listed UK institutions.

Poster "johann" then dropped the hammer on the moron Gollum:


Quote:Yes - As Harley Said, Transatlantic IS recognized!
by johann on Thu Feb 11, 2010 11:07 pm 

Oh - looky! Transatlantic College is right here (Page 106 -alpha order).
http://www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitecon...seducation

That was easy! Thanks, Harley, for enlightening us on this particular college. Thanks, Malcolm Jenner, for referencing this list in the "Stoopid Diploma Mills" thread, thereby letting us know that International College of Excellence wasn't the "brown and smelly thing" Dr. Gollin thought it was. 

It should NOT usually be difficult to distinguish a dog-turd from an authorized school. 

Johann

http://www.degreediscussion.com/forums/v...t=0#p55148

Well, Johann, for a normal person it would not be difficult.  But it obviously is well beyond the capabilities of a self-absorbed, self-important dog-turd like Gollin.  Without 15 people to do the hard part for him he's as helpless as an infant with a diaper-load of Princeton PhD.

In case it was ever in doubt, doesn't this finally prove, once and for all, the obvious:  
GEORGE GOLLIN IS A FUCKING IDIOT!

Hey Gollum, you fuckwit, why not bookmark this link on your government-owned computer next time you visit your government-owned office at your government job, you fucking useless sack of shit:  http://www.asic.org.uk/collegedirectoryUK.htm

Those are all righteous, government-blessed operations, and you will prove yourself again to be the ignorant cunt you are if you should ever again say otherwise.  Get a clue, George Gollin, you worthless CHEA douchebag.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Hard to believe, but this is yet another thread about yet another glaring, obvious error by the self-appointed accreditation "expert" and CHEA buffoon George Gollin (George D. Gollin, George Dana Gollin).

The "expert" apparently has no clue about the British system of accreditation.  In particular, he is utterly oblivious to the Accreditation Service for International Colleges (ASIC), an accreditation body recognised by the UK government.  

That doesn't stop The Sphincter from making his grand public character assassinations at DD, though.

ASIC is the very same UK accreditation body that issued the well-publicized accreditation of Warnborough College, discussed here and elsewhere back when it happened.  

ASIC also accredits Trans-Atlantic College, which was included on a list of mills recently posted by Gollum at DD.  Poster "Harley Peterson" politely inquired why TAC was on the list.  The idiot "expert" jerkoff fool Gollum replied that he couldn't find TAC on the DCSF lists of recognised and listed UK institutions.

Poster "johann" then dropped the hammer on the moron Gollum:


Quote:Yes - As Harley Said, Transatlantic IS recognized!
by johann on Thu Feb 11, 2010 11:07 pm 

Oh - looky! Transatlantic College is right here (Page 106 -alpha order).
http://www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitecon...seducation

That was easy! Thanks, Harley, for enlightening us on this particular college. Thanks, Malcolm Jenner, for referencing this list in the "Stoopid Diploma Mills" thread, thereby letting us know that International College of Excellence wasn't the "brown and smelly thing" Dr. Gollin thought it was. 

It should NOT usually be difficult to distinguish a dog-turd from an authorized school. 

Johann

http://www.degreediscussion.com/forums/v...t=0#p55148

Well, Johann, for a normal person it would not be difficult.  But it obviously is well beyond the capabilities of a self-absorbed, self-important dog-turd like Gollin.  Without 15 people to do the hard part for him he's as helpless as an infant with a diaper-load of Princeton PhD.

In case it was ever in doubt, doesn't this finally prove, once and for all, the obvious:  
GEORGE GOLLIN IS A FUCKING IDIOT!

Hey Gollum, you fuckwit, why not bookmark this link on your government-owned computer next time you visit your government-owned office at your government job, you fucking useless sack of shit:  http://www.asic.org.uk/collegedirectoryUK.htm

Those are all righteous, government-blessed operations, and you will prove yourself again to be the ignorant cunt you are if you should ever again say otherwise.  Get a clue, George Gollin, you worthless CHEA douchebag.]]></content:encoded>
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			<title>RA Prof Slays 3 When Tenure Denied</title>
			<link>http://www.dltruth.com/showthread.php?tid=778</link>
			<pubDate>Sat, 13 Feb 2010 08:39:38 +0800</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Hell hath no fury like...

3 Die in Shooting at U. Alabama-Huntsville

Quote:HUNTSVILLE, Ala., Feb. 12, 2010 

Shooter Allegedly Opened Fire After Denied Tenure, CBS News Affiliate Reports; 3 Other People Injured

Three people were killed and several more injured in a shooting Friday in a science building at the [regionally accredited] University of Alabama's Huntsville campus, university officials said. 

A woman was in custody, but university spokesman Ray Garner said he could not identify her or the victims. Local television stations reported she is a faculty member. 

A source tells CBS News affiliate WHNT-TV in Huntsville that the suspect is a faculty member who was denied tenure at the university. After being denied tenure in the morning, the suspect walked into a biology department faculty meeting Friday afternoon and opened fire, WHNT-TV reports. 

WHNT-TV reports that three victims were injured in the shooting. Two of those victims are in critical condition at a hospital, the TV station reports. 

Two of the injured victims are men and one is a woman, WHNT-TV reports. Huntsville Hospital spokesman Burr Ingram confirmed that description of the victims. The gender of the victims in critical condition was not clear. 

None of the victims were students, WHNT-TV reports. Garner told reporters Friday night that, of the six people shot, five are faculty members and one is a staff member. The staff member was in critical condition, Garner said. The three people who died were faculty members, he said. 

At one time, Huntsville Hospital was told to expect as many as 10 victims, WHNT-TV reports. 

WHNT-TV reports that a man and a woman were in custody. Garner told reporters Friday night that the man was detained for questioning, not arrested, by Huntsville police. 

Earlier, university spokesman Ray Garner said one suspect is in custody. 

Sophomore Erin Johnson tells The Huntsville Times a biology faculty meeting was under way when she heard screams coming from the room. 

The shooting happened Friday afternoon in the university's Shelby Center, a science building. University police secured the building and students were cleared from it. 

Alabama Sen. Richard Shelby released a statement to WHNT-TV about the shooting. 

"I am deeply saddened to hear of this horrible tragedy. My thoughts and prayers are with the faculty and staff of the University of Alabama-Huntsville," the statement reads. 

The Huntsville campus has about 7,500 students in northern Alabama, not far from the Tennessee line. 

The university posted a message on its Web site Friday afternoon telling students the campus was closed Friday night and all students were encouraged to go home. Counselors were available to speak with students. 

Garner said the campus was closed while police gathered evidence. He said at a news conference that the shooting was not unlike one the area experienced a week ago, when a 14-year-old student was shot to death in a middle school hallway, allegedly by a fellow student. 

"This town is unaccustomed to shootings and multiple deaths," he said. 

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Hell hath no fury like...

3 Die in Shooting at U. Alabama-Huntsville

Quote:HUNTSVILLE, Ala., Feb. 12, 2010 

Shooter Allegedly Opened Fire After Denied Tenure, CBS News Affiliate Reports; 3 Other People Injured

Three people were killed and several more injured in a shooting Friday in a science building at the [regionally accredited] University of Alabama's Huntsville campus, university officials said. 

A woman was in custody, but university spokesman Ray Garner said he could not identify her or the victims. Local television stations reported she is a faculty member. 

A source tells CBS News affiliate WHNT-TV in Huntsville that the suspect is a faculty member who was denied tenure at the university. After being denied tenure in the morning, the suspect walked into a biology department faculty meeting Friday afternoon and opened fire, WHNT-TV reports. 

WHNT-TV reports that three victims were injured in the shooting. Two of those victims are in critical condition at a hospital, the TV station reports. 

Two of the injured victims are men and one is a woman, WHNT-TV reports. Huntsville Hospital spokesman Burr Ingram confirmed that description of the victims. The gender of the victims in critical condition was not clear. 

None of the victims were students, WHNT-TV reports. Garner told reporters Friday night that, of the six people shot, five are faculty members and one is a staff member. The staff member was in critical condition, Garner said. The three people who died were faculty members, he said. 

At one time, Huntsville Hospital was told to expect as many as 10 victims, WHNT-TV reports. 

WHNT-TV reports that a man and a woman were in custody. Garner told reporters Friday night that the man was detained for questioning, not arrested, by Huntsville police. 

Earlier, university spokesman Ray Garner said one suspect is in custody. 

Sophomore Erin Johnson tells The Huntsville Times a biology faculty meeting was under way when she heard screams coming from the room. 

The shooting happened Friday afternoon in the university's Shelby Center, a science building. University police secured the building and students were cleared from it. 

Alabama Sen. Richard Shelby released a statement to WHNT-TV about the shooting. 

"I am deeply saddened to hear of this horrible tragedy. My thoughts and prayers are with the faculty and staff of the University of Alabama-Huntsville," the statement reads. 

The Huntsville campus has about 7,500 students in northern Alabama, not far from the Tennessee line. 

The university posted a message on its Web site Friday afternoon telling students the campus was closed Friday night and all students were encouraged to go home. Counselors were available to speak with students. 

Garner said the campus was closed while police gathered evidence. He said at a news conference that the shooting was not unlike one the area experienced a week ago, when a 14-year-old student was shot to death in a middle school hallway, allegedly by a fellow student. 

"This town is unaccustomed to shootings and multiple deaths," he said. 

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			<title>New Faculty Appointment for Dr. Robert Ray Hill</title>
			<link>http://www.dltruth.com/showthread.php?tid=777</link>
			<pubDate>Sat, 06 Feb 2010 11:41:50 +0800</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[It looks like Dr. Robert Ray Hill has been appointed to the faculty of 
Global Evangelical Christian College & Seminary (GECCS) of Wetumpka, AL for the Spring 2010 semester.

www.globaleac.org

I had never heard of this school but as I have stated before, I am not especially well-versed in religious higher education and seminaries, and the degrees they offer. It is my understanding that it is largely denomination specific. If Dr. Hill accepted a faculty appointment there then I'm sure that they have all their bases covered with respect to accreditation and licensing.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[It looks like Dr. Robert Ray Hill has been appointed to the faculty of 
Global Evangelical Christian College & Seminary (GECCS) of Wetumpka, AL for the Spring 2010 semester.

www.globaleac.org

I had never heard of this school but as I have stated before, I am not especially well-versed in religious higher education and seminaries, and the degrees they offer. It is my understanding that it is largely denomination specific. If Dr. Hill accepted a faculty appointment there then I'm sure that they have all their bases covered with respect to accreditation and licensing.]]></content:encoded>
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			<title>DL Transparency Initiative</title>
			<link>http://www.dltruth.com/showthread.php?tid=776</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 08:36:06 +0800</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[They just added three new members.  Who knew it even existed?  

Sounds like a great idea, consistent with what some here have suggested in the past relative to securities-like disclosure for degree programs.  

You have "Lemon Laws" for car dealers to protect the public, you have inch-thick prospectuses for franchises and investments, but you have no disclosure whatsoever for the expensive and ethereal RA gold standard that actually measures nothing. 

Interesting that it's the DL schools voluntarily taking this step toward transparency.  Forward thinking in one area, forward thinking in others.

Three More Colleges Join Major Distance Learning Transparency Initiative

Quote:BOULDER, Colo., Jan. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- College Choices for Adults, a website dedicated to providing adult learners with unique information to accelerate and better inform their college selection process, announces publication of data for three additional providers.  Ashford University, Nazarene Bible College, and University of the Rockies join the 13 Transparency by Design charter institutions, which already publish information about their program-level learning outcomes, outcome metrics and how students perform against these measures.

"The concept of transparency is very attractive to us and consistent with our university's educational philosophy," said Ashford University President Jane McAuliffe. "This partnership raises the bar and takes us all to new levels of accountability."

David M.  Phillips, Vice President for Online Academic Services of Nazarene Bible College concurred: "Thorough disclosure is a key differentiator in an increasingly competitive marketplace.  This site represents part of a positive trend in higher education."

The website (http://www.collegechoicesforadults.org) continues to evolve, most recently with expanded search capabilities accompanying publication of new member institution data.  Future updates will provide adult learners with access to student satisfaction ratings, progress rate, and additional school- and program-specific data.

"Our presence on College Choices for Adults enables potential students to make more informed decisions about their higher education experience," said University of the Rockies President Charlita Shelton.

The Transparency by Design initiative, which resulted in the College Choices for Adults website, was born out of the President's Forum, a consortium of both traditional and non-traditional institutions sharing information about successful operation in an online environment.  WCET (formerly the Western Cooperative for Educational Telecommunications), a division of  the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE), was chosen to provide quality assurance on the standards of data reporting jointly developed by the charter institutions of the Transparency by Design initiative.

"The name says it all," comments Russ Poulin, Project Director of Transparency by Design and Associate Director of WCET.  "College Choices for Adults is about helping prospective students to understand their options.  We are very excited that our new partners have committed to empowering adult learners with information, and we look forward to growing an even larger transparency-focused coalition."

Transparency by Design is funded by a grant from Lumina Foundation for Education and by annual dues from each of the member institutions.  Members of the initiative are:  American InterContinental University Online, American Public University System, Ashford University, Capella University, Charter Oak State College, Colorado Technical University, Excelsior College, Franklin University, Kaplan University, Nazarene Bible College, Regis University, Rio Salado College, Southwestern College Professional Studies, Union Institute and University, University of the Rockies and Western Governors University.  New data from member institutions is regularly added to the College Choices for Adults website. ...


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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[They just added three new members.  Who knew it even existed?  

Sounds like a great idea, consistent with what some here have suggested in the past relative to securities-like disclosure for degree programs.  

You have "Lemon Laws" for car dealers to protect the public, you have inch-thick prospectuses for franchises and investments, but you have no disclosure whatsoever for the expensive and ethereal RA gold standard that actually measures nothing. 

Interesting that it's the DL schools voluntarily taking this step toward transparency.  Forward thinking in one area, forward thinking in others.

Three More Colleges Join Major Distance Learning Transparency Initiative

Quote:BOULDER, Colo., Jan. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- College Choices for Adults, a website dedicated to providing adult learners with unique information to accelerate and better inform their college selection process, announces publication of data for three additional providers.  Ashford University, Nazarene Bible College, and University of the Rockies join the 13 Transparency by Design charter institutions, which already publish information about their program-level learning outcomes, outcome metrics and how students perform against these measures.

"The concept of transparency is very attractive to us and consistent with our university's educational philosophy," said Ashford University President Jane McAuliffe. "This partnership raises the bar and takes us all to new levels of accountability."

David M.  Phillips, Vice President for Online Academic Services of Nazarene Bible College concurred: "Thorough disclosure is a key differentiator in an increasingly competitive marketplace.  This site represents part of a positive trend in higher education."

The website (http://www.collegechoicesforadults.org) continues to evolve, most recently with expanded search capabilities accompanying publication of new member institution data.  Future updates will provide adult learners with access to student satisfaction ratings, progress rate, and additional school- and program-specific data.

"Our presence on College Choices for Adults enables potential students to make more informed decisions about their higher education experience," said University of the Rockies President Charlita Shelton.

The Transparency by Design initiative, which resulted in the College Choices for Adults website, was born out of the President's Forum, a consortium of both traditional and non-traditional institutions sharing information about successful operation in an online environment.  WCET (formerly the Western Cooperative for Educational Telecommunications), a division of  the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE), was chosen to provide quality assurance on the standards of data reporting jointly developed by the charter institutions of the Transparency by Design initiative.

"The name says it all," comments Russ Poulin, Project Director of Transparency by Design and Associate Director of WCET.  "College Choices for Adults is about helping prospective students to understand their options.  We are very excited that our new partners have committed to empowering adult learners with information, and we look forward to growing an even larger transparency-focused coalition."

Transparency by Design is funded by a grant from Lumina Foundation for Education and by annual dues from each of the member institutions.  Members of the initiative are:  American InterContinental University Online, American Public University System, Ashford University, Capella University, Charter Oak State College, Colorado Technical University, Excelsior College, Franklin University, Kaplan University, Nazarene Bible College, Regis University, Rio Salado College, Southwestern College Professional Studies, Union Institute and University, University of the Rockies and Western Governors University.  New data from member institutions is regularly added to the College Choices for Adults website. ...


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			<title>&quot;Meteoric Growth&quot; for Online Ed</title>
			<link>http://www.dltruth.com/showthread.php?tid=775</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 04:39:17 +0800</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[We know Chip and his toe licker pals at DI must be wondering who this Online Ed guy is and what sort of viagra he took to achieve meteoric growth.

But this is actually an article about online education and how it is increasing in popularity.  Of particular interest was a comment following the story by "Muser of NM," who makes a point that often has been made here.  Real growth in DL will come when the cartel's accreditation monopoly is broken.

Study: Online Education Continues Its Meteoric Growth

Quote:By Jeff Greer 
Posted January 26, 2010

Online college education is expanding—rapidly. More than 4.6 million college students were taking at least one online course at the start of the 2008-2009 school year. That's more than 1 in 4 college students, and it's a 17 percent increase from 2007. 

Turns out it's the economy, stupid.

Two major factors for the soaring numbers in the 2008-2009 school year are the sour economy and the possibility of an H1N1 flu virus outbreak, according to the seventh annual Sloan Survey of Online Learning report, titled "Learning on Demand: Online Education in the United States in 2009." But, the survey's authors say, there is a lot more work to be done, and there's huge potential for online education to expand, especially at larger schools. 

"For the past several years, all of the growth—90-plus percent—is coming from existing traditional schools that are growing their current offerings," says Jeff Seaman, one of the study's authors and codirector of the Babson Survey Research Group at Babson College. Seaman's coauthor, Elaine Allen, who is also a codirector of the Babson Survey Research Group, added that community colleges, for-profit schools, and master's programs have seen significant growth in online offerings. 

With a higher demand for college-educated workers, colleges are more popular than ever. The higher-education population grew 1.2 percent between 2007 and 2009. And with public institutions dealing with dwindling budgets and laid-off workers trying to expand their skills, online education seems a natural, inexpensive fit. The study found that 50 percent of institutions with online education programs have seen their institutional budgets decrease, compared to 25 percent that have seen their budgets increase. 

"What we hear now is that the issues that are related to [online education's challenges] have nothing to do with online itself," Seaman says. "Things like budget constraints—issues that apply to institutions as a whole." 

The swine flu prompted many schools to develop contingency plans for pandemics on campus. The survey found that two thirds of schools have formal plans in place to deal with an outbreak. Substituting online courses for face-to-face classes is a component of 67 percent of those plans, the survey says. Allen says that only 2 percent of the schools surveyed had a disruption in classes caused by H1N1. She added, however, that such incidents as a recent outbreak of norovirus at Babson and the impact of Hurricane Katrina on Gulf Coast schools forced the utilization of contingency plans that involved online courses. 

"When you have an online plan in place, classes go on as usual," Allen says. 

Despite all the data that show significant growth and interest in online education, there are still some faculty members who balk at teaching on the Web. The study found that the acceptance of online ed by faculty has remained constant since the first survey was published in 2002. Fewer than one third of chief academic officers—meaning provosts, deans, and the like—believe their faculty accepts the value and legitimacy of online education, the report says. 

However, a study published last year by the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities—Sloan Commission on Online Learning indicated that faculty might not be so opposed to online ed. The study found that one third of public university professors had taught online courses and that more than half had recommended that students take such courses. Schools like Stanford University and the College of Charleston have a major presence on websites such as YouTube EDU. 

"The biggest challenge for institutions is that, when 1 student in 4 is taking classes online, you must step up and begin to think strategically about this," says Frank Mayadas, a special adviser for the project from the Alfred Sloan Foundation. "The survey shows that the idea hasn't quite sunk in. ... Not enough [institutions] have thought strategically [about online education]. ... Many have, but there's still a gap between the reality of online learning and the strategic thinking across the board." 



Quote:Muser of NM
Jan 27, 2010 14:01:17 PM 

Other advantages of online

are elimination of fuel used and time spent for working adults to drive to a physical-plant college for classes, and the ability to view the computer on your own schedule. 


The BIGGEST advantage, though, will be cost savings to students which will occur if and when society finds a way to break the "accreditation" lock heretofore owned by existing institutions. 

Bits and bytes are not very expensive and most kinds of knowledge can be copied and transmitted this way to masses. The key is to get real knowledge on the cheap and have it "recognized" without paying a monopoly's toll for it. Time marches on, and so will this. 

http://www.usnews.com/education/online-e...s/#3986118]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[We know Chip and his toe licker pals at DI must be wondering who this Online Ed guy is and what sort of viagra he took to achieve meteoric growth.

But this is actually an article about online education and how it is increasing in popularity.  Of particular interest was a comment following the story by "Muser of NM," who makes a point that often has been made here.  Real growth in DL will come when the cartel's accreditation monopoly is broken.

Study: Online Education Continues Its Meteoric Growth

Quote:By Jeff Greer 
Posted January 26, 2010

Online college education is expanding—rapidly. More than 4.6 million college students were taking at least one online course at the start of the 2008-2009 school year. That's more than 1 in 4 college students, and it's a 17 percent increase from 2007. 

Turns out it's the economy, stupid.

Two major factors for the soaring numbers in the 2008-2009 school year are the sour economy and the possibility of an H1N1 flu virus outbreak, according to the seventh annual Sloan Survey of Online Learning report, titled "Learning on Demand: Online Education in the United States in 2009." But, the survey's authors say, there is a lot more work to be done, and there's huge potential for online education to expand, especially at larger schools. 

"For the past several years, all of the growth—90-plus percent—is coming from existing traditional schools that are growing their current offerings," says Jeff Seaman, one of the study's authors and codirector of the Babson Survey Research Group at Babson College. Seaman's coauthor, Elaine Allen, who is also a codirector of the Babson Survey Research Group, added that community colleges, for-profit schools, and master's programs have seen significant growth in online offerings. 

With a higher demand for college-educated workers, colleges are more popular than ever. The higher-education population grew 1.2 percent between 2007 and 2009. And with public institutions dealing with dwindling budgets and laid-off workers trying to expand their skills, online education seems a natural, inexpensive fit. The study found that 50 percent of institutions with online education programs have seen their institutional budgets decrease, compared to 25 percent that have seen their budgets increase. 

"What we hear now is that the issues that are related to [online education's challenges] have nothing to do with online itself," Seaman says. "Things like budget constraints—issues that apply to institutions as a whole." 

The swine flu prompted many schools to develop contingency plans for pandemics on campus. The survey found that two thirds of schools have formal plans in place to deal with an outbreak. Substituting online courses for face-to-face classes is a component of 67 percent of those plans, the survey says. Allen says that only 2 percent of the schools surveyed had a disruption in classes caused by H1N1. She added, however, that such incidents as a recent outbreak of norovirus at Babson and the impact of Hurricane Katrina on Gulf Coast schools forced the utilization of contingency plans that involved online courses. 

"When you have an online plan in place, classes go on as usual," Allen says. 

Despite all the data that show significant growth and interest in online education, there are still some faculty members who balk at teaching on the Web. The study found that the acceptance of online ed by faculty has remained constant since the first survey was published in 2002. Fewer than one third of chief academic officers—meaning provosts, deans, and the like—believe their faculty accepts the value and legitimacy of online education, the report says. 

However, a study published last year by the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities—Sloan Commission on Online Learning indicated that faculty might not be so opposed to online ed. The study found that one third of public university professors had taught online courses and that more than half had recommended that students take such courses. Schools like Stanford University and the College of Charleston have a major presence on websites such as YouTube EDU. 

"The biggest challenge for institutions is that, when 1 student in 4 is taking classes online, you must step up and begin to think strategically about this," says Frank Mayadas, a special adviser for the project from the Alfred Sloan Foundation. "The survey shows that the idea hasn't quite sunk in. ... Not enough [institutions] have thought strategically [about online education]. ... Many have, but there's still a gap between the reality of online learning and the strategic thinking across the board." 



Quote:Muser of NM
Jan 27, 2010 14:01:17 PM 

Other advantages of online

are elimination of fuel used and time spent for working adults to drive to a physical-plant college for classes, and the ability to view the computer on your own schedule. 


The BIGGEST advantage, though, will be cost savings to students which will occur if and when society finds a way to break the "accreditation" lock heretofore owned by existing institutions. 

Bits and bytes are not very expensive and most kinds of knowledge can be copied and transmitted this way to masses. The key is to get real knowledge on the cheap and have it "recognized" without paying a monopoly's toll for it. Time marches on, and so will this. 

http://www.usnews.com/education/online-e...s/#3986118]]></content:encoded>
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			<title>Elmer explodes about some tech dork's blog</title>
			<link>http://www.dltruth.com/showthread.php?tid=774</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 00:59:47 +0800</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Elmer has now taken to lecturing some tech dork about how he should follow journalistic guidelines when posting on his blog, or something like that. I can't help but to notice how vitriolic his comments were. He sounded like he was ready to burst an artery or have the big one and drop dead. :D

http://www.mydigitallife.info/2009/12/07/]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Elmer has now taken to lecturing some tech dork about how he should follow journalistic guidelines when posting on his blog, or something like that. I can't help but to notice how vitriolic his comments were. He sounded like he was ready to burst an artery or have the big one and drop dead. :D

http://www.mydigitallife.info/2009/12/07/]]></content:encoded>
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			<title>Gus Sainz back to posting those irrelevant links</title>
			<link>http://www.dltruth.com/showthread.php?tid=773</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 00:38:57 +0800</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Just when you thought Gus came back with something to say ...

DD thread started by Gus]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Just when you thought Gus came back with something to say ...

DD thread started by Gus]]></content:encoded>
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			<title>Gollin Shills For Leftist Loser Tim Bishop</title>
			<link>http://www.dltruth.com/showthread.php?tid=772</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:41:44 +0800</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Things are looking grim for Democrat Congressman Tim Bishop in NY's 1st district:

Quote:January 20, 2010 

Representative Tim Bishop (NY-01) holds a very small lead against potential Republican challenger Randy Altschuler,  47% to 45% in a new SurveyUSA poll sponsored by Firedoglake.

...Looking deeper into the numbers, Altshuler’s support might be slightly stronger than the poll numbers indicate. 

http://elections.firedoglake.com/2010/01...publicans/

As we saw with the recent defeat of leftist pedophile-lover Coakley in Massachussetts, anti-socialist sentiment is sweeping the country, even in NY.  Bishop knows he's in for a battle to hold onto his soft government job.

How can Bishop save the day?  

How about getting some really stupid people to shill for him, like maybe by pretending he was doing something to fight evil or something?  George Gollin (George D. Gollin, George Dana Gollin) says, "You got it, Tim!"

Hence Gollum's big announcement at DD of "new" diploma mill legislation.  Yawn. :rolleyes:  Featuring maybe a certain self-appointed accreditation "expert"?   :D:D:D:D:D

Except that the "new" law looks a lot like the "old" diploma mill legislation Bishop and the idiot Betty McCollum introduced way back in 2006.  How did that turn out, George?  Read more here:
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h109-6008

Clearly this Bishop asshole is a big government socialist who wants even more state control over higher education.  Just the sort of loser that the anti-Obamunist backlash is going to flush down the drain in November.   

And the more radical leftist dickhead Gollum shills the more people become aware of what a radical leftist dickhead Bishop is, and the more who will vote against him in November.  

Keep up the good work, Gollum.  You'll turn that 2% lead into a deficit faster than a NAMBLA endorsement.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Things are looking grim for Democrat Congressman Tim Bishop in NY's 1st district:

Quote:January 20, 2010 

Representative Tim Bishop (NY-01) holds a very small lead against potential Republican challenger Randy Altschuler,  47% to 45% in a new SurveyUSA poll sponsored by Firedoglake.

...Looking deeper into the numbers, Altshuler’s support might be slightly stronger than the poll numbers indicate. 

http://elections.firedoglake.com/2010/01...publicans/

As we saw with the recent defeat of leftist pedophile-lover Coakley in Massachussetts, anti-socialist sentiment is sweeping the country, even in NY.  Bishop knows he's in for a battle to hold onto his soft government job.

How can Bishop save the day?  

How about getting some really stupid people to shill for him, like maybe by pretending he was doing something to fight evil or something?  George Gollin (George D. Gollin, George Dana Gollin) says, "You got it, Tim!"

Hence Gollum's big announcement at DD of "new" diploma mill legislation.  Yawn. :rolleyes:  Featuring maybe a certain self-appointed accreditation "expert"?   :D:D:D:D:D

Except that the "new" law looks a lot like the "old" diploma mill legislation Bishop and the idiot Betty McCollum introduced way back in 2006.  How did that turn out, George?  Read more here:
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h109-6008

Clearly this Bishop asshole is a big government socialist who wants even more state control over higher education.  Just the sort of loser that the anti-Obamunist backlash is going to flush down the drain in November.   

And the more radical leftist dickhead Gollum shills the more people become aware of what a radical leftist dickhead Bishop is, and the more who will vote against him in November.  

Keep up the good work, Gollum.  You'll turn that 2% lead into a deficit faster than a NAMBLA endorsement.]]></content:encoded>
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			<title>Gus Sainz makes his initial 2010 appearance</title>
			<link>http://www.dltruth.com/showthread.php?tid=771</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 23:19:59 +0800</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[I was just about ready to write Gus off and, like an android in a bad sci-fi movie, he comes back from the dead. Does this mark the beginning of Gus' return to the DL fora? 

DD thread]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I was just about ready to write Gus off and, like an android in a bad sci-fi movie, he comes back from the dead. Does this mark the beginning of Gus' return to the DL fora? 

DD thread]]></content:encoded>
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			<title>Obummer's Student Loan Grab</title>
			<link>http://www.dltruth.com/showthread.php?tid=770</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 19:07:48 +0800</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Using the guise of driving "diploma mills" out of business, socialists are trying to standardize higher education.  Why?  So they can dictate values, drive up prices and indoctrinate students.  Towards those same ends, now Dear Leader wants to grab control of the student loan industry too.  

Obama Prepares to Drive Up the Costs of Education


Quote:Posted by Erick Erickson (Profile) 
Monday, January 25th at 1:00PM EST 

When Obama takes to the podium for the State of the Union, one of the things he is allegedly going to push is a wholesale federal take over of the student loan industry.

Already, his plans are causing a lot of students, particularly of private higher ed colleges and universities, problems with getting financing for education. Obama intends to shut out the usual third party lenders and put everything within the federal government — under a program that has been shown repeatedly to be highly inefficient and burdensome for academic institutions.

More troubling, by putting everything under the Department of Education, universities and colleges will be forced to adhere to federal rules, some of which conflict with the values of sectarian institutions that presently use the third party student loan system for their students.

The feds controlling the student loan industry means the feds get to tell academic institutions what values they can and cannot promote among the selection and disciplining of their students.

Brigham Young, etc. better watch out.

More troubling, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan sent out a letter recently to colleges and universities telling them to get on board the federal program right now. There’s just one problem — the Congress has not passed the program. Likewise, the Department of Education is encouraging outside groups to lobby for the legislation, a clear violation of federal law.

In other words, Duncan is trying to get schools that have expressed real apprehension over the program to get into the program now so Congress will believe the expressed concerns have been ameliorated. 

The wholesale take over of education funding by the feds will, like a wholesale take over of healthcare, drive up prices through decreases in competition and, more troubling, allow the feds a backdoor into higher education learning and indoctrination.

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Using the guise of driving "diploma mills" out of business, socialists are trying to standardize higher education.  Why?  So they can dictate values, drive up prices and indoctrinate students.  Towards those same ends, now Dear Leader wants to grab control of the student loan industry too.  

Obama Prepares to Drive Up the Costs of Education


Quote:Posted by Erick Erickson (Profile) 
Monday, January 25th at 1:00PM EST 

When Obama takes to the podium for the State of the Union, one of the things he is allegedly going to push is a wholesale federal take over of the student loan industry.

Already, his plans are causing a lot of students, particularly of private higher ed colleges and universities, problems with getting financing for education. Obama intends to shut out the usual third party lenders and put everything within the federal government — under a program that has been shown repeatedly to be highly inefficient and burdensome for academic institutions.

More troubling, by putting everything under the Department of Education, universities and colleges will be forced to adhere to federal rules, some of which conflict with the values of sectarian institutions that presently use the third party student loan system for their students.

The feds controlling the student loan industry means the feds get to tell academic institutions what values they can and cannot promote among the selection and disciplining of their students.

Brigham Young, etc. better watch out.

More troubling, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan sent out a letter recently to colleges and universities telling them to get on board the federal program right now. There’s just one problem — the Congress has not passed the program. Likewise, the Department of Education is encouraging outside groups to lobby for the legislation, a clear violation of federal law.

In other words, Duncan is trying to get schools that have expressed real apprehension over the program to get into the program now so Congress will believe the expressed concerns have been ameliorated. 

The wholesale take over of education funding by the feds will, like a wholesale take over of healthcare, drive up prices through decreases in competition and, more troubling, allow the feds a backdoor into higher education learning and indoctrination.

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			<title>&quot;Detecting Bogus Qualifications Has Never Been So Easy&quot;</title>
			<link>http://www.dltruth.com/showthread.php?tid=769</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 11:46:43 +0800</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Or so they say at Accredibase, a new UK-based service:


Quote:At a time when unaccredited educational establishments, diploma mills and unrecognised accrediting agencies are on the rise, Accredibase™ offers you an invaluable new resource.

This searchable global database brings together powerful information on bogus institutions from a variety of sources.

The aim? To help employers, educators and background screening companies secure only the best candidates with bona fide qualifications.


Sounds like it might be a helpful idea.  But wait, what's this??

Quote:6. How can you be sure that the information you’re providing is accurate?

We endeavour to ensure that the information held on Accredibase™ is accurate, and we have a team of researchers constantly checking and enriching the facts. However, as each profile is also built from a variety of third-party sources, we cannot guarantee the accuracy of the information it holds.

http://accredibase.com/index.php?section=872&page=4306

And how is this is any different from the ODA website or anything George Gollin picks out of his ass?  How about just actual facts for a change, without all the "enriching"?  ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Or so they say at Accredibase, a new UK-based service:


Quote:At a time when unaccredited educational establishments, diploma mills and unrecognised accrediting agencies are on the rise, Accredibase™ offers you an invaluable new resource.

This searchable global database brings together powerful information on bogus institutions from a variety of sources.

The aim? To help employers, educators and background screening companies secure only the best candidates with bona fide qualifications.


Sounds like it might be a helpful idea.  But wait, what's this??

Quote:6. How can you be sure that the information you’re providing is accurate?

We endeavour to ensure that the information held on Accredibase™ is accurate, and we have a team of researchers constantly checking and enriching the facts. However, as each profile is also built from a variety of third-party sources, we cannot guarantee the accuracy of the information it holds.

http://accredibase.com/index.php?section=872&page=4306

And how is this is any different from the ODA website or anything George Gollin picks out of his ass?  How about just actual facts for a change, without all the "enriching"?  ]]></content:encoded>
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			<title>Belford High Class Action Suit</title>
			<link>http://www.dltruth.com/showthread.php?tid=767</link>
			<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2010 13:29:30 +0800</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Haven't seen this one mentioned anywhere.  A Michigan law firm has filed a class action lawsuit against Belford High School:

Quote:On November 5, 2009, a class action lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court in Detroit alleging that Belford High School is an internet scam that defrauds students of their money. The lawsuit alleges that Belford High School takes students’ money by offering them a “valid” and “accredited” high school diploma, but that Belford High School is not accredited and that the “diplomas” are not valid. The lawsuit alleges that the two accrediting agencies by which Belford High School claims to be accredited – the International Accreditation Agency For Online Universities (IAAOU) and the Universal Council For Online Education Accreditation (UCOEA) – are not legitimate accrediting agencies. The lawsuit alleges that IAAOU and UCOEA are not recognized by the United States Department of Education and that they are sham organizations set up solely to make Belford High School look like a legitimate school when, in fact, the school actually has no authority to issue valid high school diplomas.
. . .
A copy of the lawsuit, which alleges claims for fraud, breach of contract, and violations of a federal lawsuit, the Racketeer Influenced Corrupt Organization Act (known as RICO), can be found by clicking here. In the lawsuit, students are asking the federal district court to order Belford High School, IAAOU and UCOEA, along with Education Services Provider, Inc. to pay them damages. The filing asks the Court to award treble (three times) damages for the violation of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) and requests that the Court order the websites http://www.belfordhighschool.com,  and http://www.belforduniversity.org to be shut down. The lawsuit was filed by The Googasian Firm, P.C.

http://www.belfordlawsuit.com/

However, Belford does not seem to be going quietly, and in fact has stirred up quite an internet presence in opposition, even with a few "Capella Sucks"-style touches.  For example:
Belford Lawsuit Filed by Googasian Law Firm 
Belford Class Action Lawsuit – Important Information for Students
Evelyn Reisdorff (one of the plaintiffs)
See Why Dean Googasian May Not Be the Right Choice of Attorney for Your Case
Belford Law Suit
The Malicious Belford Lawsuit
Belford Alumni United

Not that Googasian is exactly taking the quiet and humble tact either.  Here's one of their planted stories from the Flint News:
Flint woman wants to shut down alleged diploma mill Belford High School via lawsuit
It seems that a high school dropout bought a 10-question Belford GED, and then got "upset" when Baker College wouldn't accept it.

Let's hope this one gets to trial.  Aside from featuring a defendant who seems ready and willing to give as good as it gets, it should be funny listening to plaintiff's counsel explaining exactly how the people who got caught passing off these 10-question GEDs have been victimized.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Haven't seen this one mentioned anywhere.  A Michigan law firm has filed a class action lawsuit against Belford High School:

Quote:On November 5, 2009, a class action lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court in Detroit alleging that Belford High School is an internet scam that defrauds students of their money. The lawsuit alleges that Belford High School takes students’ money by offering them a “valid” and “accredited” high school diploma, but that Belford High School is not accredited and that the “diplomas” are not valid. The lawsuit alleges that the two accrediting agencies by which Belford High School claims to be accredited – the International Accreditation Agency For Online Universities (IAAOU) and the Universal Council For Online Education Accreditation (UCOEA) – are not legitimate accrediting agencies. The lawsuit alleges that IAAOU and UCOEA are not recognized by the United States Department of Education and that they are sham organizations set up solely to make Belford High School look like a legitimate school when, in fact, the school actually has no authority to issue valid high school diplomas.
. . .
A copy of the lawsuit, which alleges claims for fraud, breach of contract, and violations of a federal lawsuit, the Racketeer Influenced Corrupt Organization Act (known as RICO), can be found by clicking here. In the lawsuit, students are asking the federal district court to order Belford High School, IAAOU and UCOEA, along with Education Services Provider, Inc. to pay them damages. The filing asks the Court to award treble (three times) damages for the violation of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) and requests that the Court order the websites http://www.belfordhighschool.com,  and http://www.belforduniversity.org to be shut down. The lawsuit was filed by The Googasian Firm, P.C.

http://www.belfordlawsuit.com/

However, Belford does not seem to be going quietly, and in fact has stirred up quite an internet presence in opposition, even with a few "Capella Sucks"-style touches.  For example:
Belford Lawsuit Filed by Googasian Law Firm 
Belford Class Action Lawsuit – Important Information for Students
Evelyn Reisdorff (one of the plaintiffs)
See Why Dean Googasian May Not Be the Right Choice of Attorney for Your Case
Belford Law Suit
The Malicious Belford Lawsuit
Belford Alumni United

Not that Googasian is exactly taking the quiet and humble tact either.  Here's one of their planted stories from the Flint News:
Flint woman wants to shut down alleged diploma mill Belford High School via lawsuit
It seems that a high school dropout bought a 10-question Belford GED, and then got "upset" when Baker College wouldn't accept it.

Let's hope this one gets to trial.  Aside from featuring a defendant who seems ready and willing to give as good as it gets, it should be funny listening to plaintiff's counsel explaining exactly how the people who got caught passing off these 10-question GEDs have been victimized.]]></content:encoded>
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