By Jeff Selingo, Chronicle of Higher Ed
An experiment by a group of 16 liberal-arts colleges and universities in the South might serve as the blueprint for other small institutions looking for ways to maintain a core of academic programs but offer enough variety to attract students. The concept behind the group’s New Paradigm Initiative is simple: the 16 institutions of the Associated Colleges of the South, which include Davidson College, the University of Richmond, and Rhodes College, join together to offer online and blended courses to students on any of the campuses within the consortium, meaning students at one institution are no longer limited to the courses offered just at their college. Plenty of colleges these days allow students to take online courses from other institutions, of course. But the system designed by these 16 colleges works more like a traditional consortium: Students don’t have to worry about transferring credits between institutions and no money is exchanged between the campuses, making the process seamless for students.
http://chronicle.com/blogs/next/2012/04/04/a-liberal-arts-consortium-looks-into-course-sharing/
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