Article about Richard Jarvis, new chancellor of the Oregon University System: OSU Chancellor Expects Tough Times. He hasn't forgotten his foray into DL: It's part of a larger drive to put more control into the hands of individuals campuses, he said, and he hopes the strategy will help fulfill his goal of having 25,000 more students be a part of Oregon's universities within the next decade. Not all of those students would be the traditional sort, who move into a dorm, wide-eyed and fresh out of high school ... true to his background in Internet education, Jarvis wants at least some of them to be nontraditional students who can return to school by way of online courses taught by Oregon professors.
Here's another one: State college chief sees tough year. This one has an amusing picture of Jarvis -- apparently explaining his physical limitations.
One wonders what effect, if any, there will be to have a man with this background in a position where he could have impact on the Oregon Office of Degree Authorization policy on the illegality of most unaccredited schools.
