THE NEXT GREAT WAVE IN HIGHER EDUCATION - In "The Next Great Wave
in American Higher Education" (Planning for Higher Education, vol 31 no 2, 2002-03,
pp 52-59), James Ottavio Castagnera, Associate Vide President for Academic Affairs
at Rider University, predicts that the Internet and new media forms will soon cause major
changes. "When the shakeout is complete, higher education will not be populated
exclusively by e-educators. Nor will the landscape of higher education boast only the
largest and wealthiest bricks-and-mortar institutions." Some of the results of the wave
that Castagnera believes will occur include partnerships between nonprofit and for-
profit institutions, colleges merging to pool resources, and U.S. universities forming
international institutional relationships. The article is available online at:
http://www.scup.org/phe.htm under the "Read" links. (CIT INFOBITS, no 56,
ISSN 1521-9275, Feb 03)

F-LIGHT - The February issue of F-LIGHT is online, posted at:
http://www.tltgroup.org/resources/F-LIGHT/2003/Feb.html

The featured article describes a study at South Dakota State University that
helped reshape the way that they trained Student Technology Fellows (a corps of
undergraduates who help faculty use technology in teaching and learning).

The Research Ideas column describes recent work on "transformative assessment"
(use of assessment data to help guide major program improvements) and suggests
some basic research on how this activity really happens in colleges and universities.

Six upcoming workshops, conferences, and free webcasts are described and the
issue concludes with brief notes about new materials being added to the TLT/Flashlight
Collection for our 300+ subscriber institutions (e.g., new faculty development materials
for using technology to foster the 'seven principles of good practice,' second edition of
the STA Program workbook, and the second edition of the Flashlight Cost Analysis
Handbook. The Journal homepage is at: http://www.aace.org/pubs/ijel/ (F-Light
Feb 03)