Articles by John Hall

Washington's Assault On Students and Non-Profit Education - Part 2
If smaller non-profit institutions - many of which are new entrants to the online learning marketplace that offer higher quality and niche programs have to pull out of specific states, these schools will disproportionately suffer. Recruitment, revenue, and student diversity will all be impacted. This will especially be true of tuition dependent institutions that are experiencing a decline in traditional enrollment.
Published 10Oct2011, viewed 64 times

Washington's Assault On Students and Non-Profit Education - Part 1
The news for higher education seems to get worse by the day. More and more schools lack sustainable financial models, public institutions are losing billions of dollars in funding due to financial challenges at the state level, and financing for the Pell Grant program that is a key resource for lower income students is at risk.
Published 08Oct2011, viewed 67 times

Coming Soon: The Death of Accreditation - Part 2
There is no question that our higher education system and accreditation body oversight has its flaws. It can be argued that until recently some of our accrediting bodies have been asleep at the wheel. Student persistence, the cost of higher education and its return on investment, academic quality, student loan debt, operating inefficiencies, and institutional sustainability are all serious issues plaguing many of our post-secondary schools.
Published 04Oct2011, viewed 114 times

Coming Soon: The Death of Accreditation - Part 1
The new regulations DOE has implemented over the past two years, rules that regulate how credit hours should be defined, subject schools to regulations of every state government outside of the jurisdiction a school has locations, and gainful employment are harmful and unprecedented intrusions. These regulations threaten institutional autonomy and our system of accreditation that is envied around the world.
Published 02Oct2011, viewed 67 times

Co-Sourcing Partnering: Building A Sustainable Higher Ed Back Office Business Model
Unlike its traditional outsourcing forbearers, co-sourcing involves a partnership of equals, providing a one-stop total solution from the student's perspective, making high-quality academic programs available at affordable prices, and increasing the institution's value proposition yield and competitiveness.
Published 28Sep2011, viewed 58 times

Quarter Turn Toward the Right
I only had a few friends. I had to be loyal to them. Then my mom came in, and she and Mr. Harris were both so angry. He kept saying, you can get kicked out of school! Trapped, confused, guilty, and frightened, I finally blurted out the name of the boy who had actually lit the matches.
Published 09Sep2011, viewed 107 times

I Was Happy, They Were Not - Part 2
Fierce and intense were keywords to describe my mother's life. I suspect they unintentionally contributed to my discomfort and reinforced my desire to remain sequestered in my Alpha state. My comfort level was to be just with myself, a disposition my mother took as both a matter of concern and, incongruously, a deliberate affront to her. The more troubled she became about my withdrawal, the more intense her own behavior grew.
Published 02Sep2011, viewed 73 times

I Was Happy, They Were Not - Part 1
I was born John R. Hall, III on March 5, 1975 to Katherine and John R. Hall, Jr. My dad was 55 years old, a gentle soul who believed in God, in contrast to my much younger Jewish mother, who did not. Dad was a successful, loving but passive, almost docile man, genteel as a result of his Southern heritage and upbringing.
Published 29Aug2011, viewed 73 times

First Grade Continued
At home, my parents would send me to my room, the worst punishment possible. I could not stand it. I would rather be spanked, because it would happen and be over. My parents started putting me in my room when I was a toddler, using a baby gate to keep me in for five or 10 minutes while I cried myself into ever greater frustration.
Published 26Aug2011, viewed 70 times

First Grade
I had no business being in a mainstream first-grade class. I was miles behind academically, light years behind socially. Most of my peers had been to regular preschool and kindergarten. They did not have to figure out how to talk or connect.
Published 22Aug2011, viewed 88 times

Between Shell and School - Part 2
When I started first grade, I still did not grasp that eye contact was a good thing that would help me make friends or connect with other people. I felt connected to my mom, dad, Nana, and Shelly, the four safest people in the world. What more did I need?
Published 20Aug2011, viewed 72 times

Between Shell and School - Part 1
I remember one such incident with my Uncle Cary, Mom's youngest brother and a UCLA student at the time. Because Mom and Dad had to leave for work, he came over to the house every morning, made me waffles, and drove me to school. He let me sit up front in the passenger seat, and I really liked that.
Published 18Aug2011, viewed 77 times

Autism: Where I Came From
My memories of being autistic are quite lucid. I did not cognitively realize I was different, of course, but I clearly remember having that sense of peace and contentment. Incessantly messing with pots and pans or flushing the toilet was comforting. I felt like a happy, healthy, normal child.
Published 18Aug2011, viewed 190 times

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