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N. S. Boone posted a new activity comment on MLA Commons 12 years, 7 months ago
Thanks very much, Margaret. I am happy to see the approach Carnegie is taking. Hopefully, Carnegie’s way, versus the tightening of control measures old time-based models, which the department of ed seems tied to, will prevail.
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N. S. Boone uploaded the file: Harding University's Credit Hour Policy with description of credit hour calculator to
Common Core Standards Initiative Discussion Group on MLA Commons 12 years, 7 months agoIn a previous post I asked if anyone knew anything about a new federal regulation that demanded that individual courses calculate the number of hours of overall student work so that they can comply with federal credit hour definitions. A very kind respondent set me straight: there is no such federal regulation, although colleges are supposed to…[Read more]
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N. S. Boone replied to the topic Concerned about a new federal regulation in the forum
Common Core Standards Initiative Discussion Group on MLA Commons 12 years, 7 months agoThank you very much for the SACS information and for your own insights. At a recent faculty meeting, faculty were led to believe that each course was required, by dint of federal injunction, to have its total […]
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N. S. Boone started the topic How Can MLA Help to Curb regulatory interference? in the forum
Common Core Standards Initiative Discussion Group on MLA Commons 12 years, 7 months agoI am curious if anyone knows if MLA has taken any stance on the encroachment of the Department of Education into teacher’s classrooms. I’ll bluntly state my ideological stance: I am for any way we can organize, […]
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N. S. Boone started the topic Concerned about a new federal regulation in the forum
Common Core Standards Initiative Discussion Group on MLA Commons 12 years, 7 months agoI am writing to ask if anyone knows anything more specific about a supposed new federal regulation that demands instructors at the college level to calculate the amount of hours it will take students to complete […]
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Dear N.S. Boone, Here’s what MLA Director of Research David Laurence has to offer on your question–I thank him and hope this will prompt further discussion. Thank you for drawing our attention to this issue about credit hour policy! Yours, Margaret Ferguson.
David Laurence writes: ” I. . . know that the Carnegie Foundation for the…[Read more]
Thanks very much, Margaret. I am happy to see the approach Carnegie is taking. Hopefully, Carnegie’s way, versus the tightening of control measures old time-based models, which the department of ed seems tied to, will prevail.