Educating Working Adults: Walden University President Jonathan Kaplan (Part 7)

SM: After you brought in the experts and they identified the needs in American education, what did you do about it?

JK: As a result of what we learned, we created a virtual field experience. The experience is now delivered as an entire course on classroom management for new teachers. >>>

Deal Radar 2010: Fieldglass

Deal Radar continues its coverage of the changing labor landscape with Fieldglass, which provides a SaaS platform, InSite, that helps global 2000 corporations acquire and manage contingent or contract workers, outsourced services, and direct hires so that firms can better understand and use their workforces. >>>

Educating Working Adults: Walden University President Jonathan Kaplan (Part 6)

SM: I am observing that you have a segment out there, which is teachers who are teaching middle school and high school math and science without significant math and science backgrounds. If you take that segment of teachers and teach them how to teach with technology, then you have a very interesting segment. That is important from a broad, scalable teaching point of view. America is falling behind in math and science.

JK: I would not disagree with that. We have a range of education technology specializations within our different programs that touch on what you are saying. We are in online education, so for us learning and technology go hand in hand. >>>

Deal Radar 2010: RepeaterStore

RepeaterStore sells cellular signal boosters, products that will boost a cell phone signal in dead zones or on the fringe of coverage. This emerging technology is equally important to businesses and end users, and RepeaterStore is committed to selling and promoting it through a Web 3.0 approach. >>>

Educating Working Adults: Walden University President Jonathan Kaplan (Part 5)

SM: As long as a university is regionally accredited, it qualifies for financial aid?

JK: Yes. There are other specific requirements along as well, but that is the most important issue. >>>

Catching Up On Readings: Your Two Cents

Readers, there are several interesting discussions on the blog at the moment. First is Deficit Reduction: Speculation Tax? You may also want to take a look at Capitalism 2.0: Value Creation vs. Value Destruction and my views on short-selling in light of the SEC’s new uptick rule. You can read all of this week’s posts by clicking on the full article. >>>

Educating Working Adults: Walden University President Jonathan Kaplan (Part 4)

SM: You said that your students are working adults. Do they take your programs out of convenience?

JK: While there is a level of flexibility and convenience in distance learning, it is also hard. It is challenging to sit down for school after a full day of work. Students spend dinner with their families, put the kids to bed, and then start working for school. It takes the ability to be a self-starter. >>>

Weigh In On …

Here are three topics for your to weigh in on based on recent discussions:

* Are B-Schools Setting Up Entrepreneurs To Fail?
* Deficit Reduction: Speculation Tax?
* Should short-selling be banned? – The uptick rule got reinstated this week, by the way.