Winter-Spring Vol. 7, Issue 2

WHITNEY INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY SYSTEM ON A MISSION TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO HIGHER EDUCATION IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
The Whitney International University System (WIUS) is a relatively new player in the "global" higher education arena, with a mission to provide increased access to higher education to prospective students in developing countries. WIUS is targeting students who historically been unable to afford college tuition, and who live in areas where higher education is not so readily available to them. To get a better understanding of how WIUS operates, Educational Pathways interviewed Douglas L. Frederick, named WIUS chief executive officer in June 2007. Frederick has several decades of executive-level experience, formerly having leadership and strategy-development responsibilities with such companies as EDS, The Boeing Company and the Netherlands-based Baan Company. He is also an Alfred P. Sloan Fellow. MORE

THE DYNAMICS OF EducationDynamics
EducationDynamics is a company that is all about using technology to find, enroll and retain students in higher education. As noted on its website, EducationDynamics has a "portfolio of tools proven to maximize its interaction with students, parents and alumni and to drive strategic growth and retention." MORE

DYKNOW SOFTWARE FACILITATES ACTIVITIES FOR ACTIVE LEARNING
DyKnow is a relatively young educational software company (launched in 2003) based out of Indianapolis. Its two products, DyKnow Vision (collaborative note taking software) and DyKnow Monitor (computer monitoring and control software), are currently deployed internationally in a wide variety of K12 and higher education courses and programs. As noted in a paper by its inventor, Dave Berque, a professor of computer science at DePauw University, who is now a member of the company’s advisory board, "the DyKnow system supports teaching and learning by facilitating four mutually supportive activities: collaborative note taking; classroom interaction; out of class review, replay and grading of classroom materials; and computer monitoring." MORE

AUSTRALIA'S CARRICK INSTITUTE FOR LEARNING AND TEACHING IN HIGHER EDUCATION AIMS AT RAISING THE PROFILE OF TEACHING AND LEARNING AND ENCOURAGING PRODUCTIVE COLLABORATION
Like all higher education institutions, Australian colleges and universities face demands in which the development of effective teaching and learning environments, and the sharing of information and the facilitation of interaction between colleagues to bring about effective change and transformation related to teaching and learning, are of the highest priority. In this brief report, we present an overview of a relatively new and interesting Australian higher education organization - The Carrick Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education Ltd. Before starting on The Carrick Institute, however, we also thought it necessary to provide a fairly short review on the differences between higher education in Australia and higher education in the U.S. MORE