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Graphic Artists in demand?

As we grind our way toward quality presentations for our website, here’s one more example of the cartooning way to do it. Also liked last year’s Best Links posts of Higgs Boson cartoon presentations. Not everyone can draw cartoons at a “good...

Consumer Broadband Economics 101 (Remedial Course)

This post by Steve Blum vividly presents the point that wireless (Satellite and Mobile) is not a true alternative to wired broadband service. Steve draws on the data provided to the FCC on broadband services which, for the first time, included ViaSat’s satellite...

New Business Model for Higher Ed

There have been a number of morbid predictions of the demise of a large percentage of today’s Higher Ed institutions due to the combination of disruptive technology (MOOCs and other on-line learning initiatives) and the unsustainable cost increases. Disruption...

Degree Granting On-Line Universities

We hear a lot about MOOCs, but there are some pretty large enrollments in degree-granting on-line schools – here is a list of the top 20. With 270,000 on-line students dominates and the vast majority of the  schools are for profit.  The University of Maryland...