Academia on the Clock

At the intersection of financial aid, college culture, academic policy, long established practice, and the Registrar’s Office is the credit hour.  As discussed in an earlier post, the credit hour is a unit of currency demonstrating academic activity or work. It is also the focus of recent federal regulation. The Department of Education made its…

Credit Hours – The Tie That Binds

The ubiquitous credit hour figures largely in higher education. From our first orientations sessions when sincere advisors explain the reasons that we needed nine credits of this or fifteen credits of that, to counting credits when planning for graduation, to looking at jobs and institutional practice – academic credit is the currency in the realm…