University of California intends to increase financial aid

University of California intends to increase financial aid
President Mark G. Yudof announces plans to raise $1 billion in private funds over the next four years and to expand an existing aid program to more middle-income families.

As the University of California seeks to sharply increase student fees, its president, Mark G. Yudof, announced plans today to soften the impact with an ambitious campaign to raise $1 billion for financial aid and a policy change widening aid eligibility for more middle-income families.

David Wiley's Open Course on Open Education

Here's the link the to wiki syllabus for David Wiley's Fall 2007 course about Open Education. There's still time to sign up for this online course. "The goals of the course are (1) to give you a firm grounding in the current state of the field of open education, including related topics like copyright, licensing, and sustainability, (2) to help you locate open education in the context of mainstream instructional technologies like learning objects, and (3) to get you thinking, writing, and dialoguing creatively and critically about current practices and possible alternative practices in open education." Those who don't want to participate in the course will still find value in the online readings and the links to OER sites. ____JH Continue reading ...

Dom Shambra dies at 70; championed Belmont Learning Complex

Dom Shambra dies at 70; championed Belmont Learning Complex
Los Angeles school district insider was known for relishing challenges that would have daunted others. The long-beleaguered Belmont site finally opened last year under a different name.

Dom Shambra, a consummate school district insider who sacrificed a distinguished career in Los Angeles to champion the Belmont Learning Complex, the nation's most notorious high school construction project, has died. He was 70.

Participation in AP exams up 40 percent in five years

Participation in AP exams up 40 percent in five years

Since 2005, the number of students at Howard County public high schools taking Advanced Placement examinations has increased by 40 percent, while the number of exams, in various subjects, taken by those students also has increased by 52 percent, according to data released by school officials last week.