Re: CBMS as of March 1, 2011. Maybe, just maybe........
Maybe there’s some cause for optimism. Personally, I think Governor Hickenlooper understands that CBMS must be fixed and will see that it finally gets done. Cross your fingers (and stay tuned). From...
View ArticleA Third Case on CBMS Will be Published Soon
Sorry for being silent for awhile. Spring quarter was pretty busy at DU, but now summer is here and my schedule has freed up quite a bit. There's a few interesting things things on my agenda looking...
View ArticleColorado computer benefits system cited in federal audit
Actually, the headline of Michael Booth's article in today's Denver Post says "Colorado computer benefits systems cited in federal audit for "serious," ongoing problems. (I knew CBMS would not let me...
View ArticleMore on the Federal Audit of CBMS
A more detailed summary of the findings of the Federal audit of CBMS was published on July 8th in a newsletter of the Colorado Center on Law and Policy (CCLP). You've heard me laud the pro-bono work...
View ArticleLawsuit for damages filed in child's death
On February 15, 2010, I posted a brief summary and link to the Denver Post story of the death of 9 year old Zumante Lucero who died because his mother, Zuton Lucero-Mills, was unable to get approval...
View ArticleNew Classroom Teaching Case on CBMS is Published
Professor Cindi Fukami and I just had a our third teaching case on CBMS published. Its title is:"Colorado Benefits Management System (C): Seven Years of Failure" Here's the abstract:"In September...
View ArticleThe Latest on CBMS
Sorry to have been away for so long. Didn't have much to say, I suppose. But, there are some new updates on CBMS, perhaps some hope that the new administration will finally get this thing fixed....
View ArticleMOOCs
I'm back. It was a busy spring and I've slowly geared down and am now gearing back up. I've been following MOOCs (Massively Open Online Courses) and as someone who has been following electronic...
View ArticleMOOCs - An Eye-opener
So I somehow heard about a MOOC being offered by the folks behind Hybrid Pedagogy. It's called MOOC MOOC (a MOOC about MOOCs). I signed up and sort of got started today. Holy Moley, are my eyes being...
View ArticleA Very Tardy Update
I'm still collecting my thoughts on what's going on in higher education. What I can see is that EC entrepreneurs, many of them VC-backed, are pouring into this space. Sure, it's MOOCs, but there are...
View ArticleCivil War at Harvard over Textbook Costs
Eye-opening article in yesterday's Boston Globe re: student concerns over the textbook cost issue at Harvard,with a headline that reads: " In Harvard Square, a war over words". The first paragraph...
View ArticleStudents Protest Textbook Prices in Colorado
According to an article by Erika Gonzalez in this morning's Rocky Mountain news, the concern about textbook inflation has finally reached Colorado. Maybe it's been here for awhile, but under my radar...
View ArticleGlobal Text article in the Chronicle of Higher Education
The Chronicle of Higher Education had an article on the Global Text Project, written by Andrea Foster, in its November 16th edition. If you're a subscriber to the Chronicle. you can access the article...
View ArticleColorado Student Concerns Over the Cost of Textbooks
As those of you who have been following this blog for awhile know, the two overriding themes have been the Global Text Project and IT systems foul-ups by the State of Colorado. The Global Text Project...
View ArticleCafe for Cat Lovers
A while ago I posted an item about some folks who established a rent a dog business. It's designed to let dog lovers walk a dog of their choice every now and then....whenever they need a dog fix. I...
View ArticlePay What You Want
Just wondering if this business model will spread. The rock band, "Radiohead" is selling its latest album from its website asking buyers to pay whatever they want for an MP3 download. Really. Heres...
View ArticleWhoops! CBMS just won't go away
In my July 23 post I showed some optimism about the State of Colorado finally making the problems with our infamous Colorado Benefits Management System (CBMS) go away like a bad dream. Sorry, it looks...
View ArticleCBMS Lawsuit is Settled
This morning's Rocky had a story by John C. Ensslin entitled "Settlement reached over state's benefits management program." You may recall that shortly after the Colorado Benefits Management Systems...
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Hmmmmmm. Maybe CBMS is not doing so well.
Got an email today from a group that is planning to march on the State Capitol on Sunday, April 6th. Here's what they say on their flyer: JOIN US AS WE MARCH ON THE STATE CAPITOL...
View ArticleUpdate on Textbook Costs
The February 19th issue of Inside Higher Education has an article that will give you more insight into what's going on. It lists a number of techniques that faculty can take to help reduce the porices...
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