Press Coverage

UMass leader to step down: Wilson reshaped 5 campuses as ‘one university’ Boston Globe March 1, 2010.
 http://www.boston.com/news/education/higher/articles/2010/03/01/umass_president_jack_wilson_to_step_down_in_2011/

UMass’  Jack Wilson on leaving a legacy; Mass High Tech The Journal of New England Technology;  August 4, 2010. 
 http://www.masshightech.com/stories/2010/08/02/weekly11-UMass-Jack-Wilson-on-leaving-a-legacy.html 

The Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center

UMass President Jack Wilson announces 'substantial agreement' on Holyoke computer center; Springfield Republican; Thursday, October 01, 2009 http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/10/umass_president_jack_wilson_an.html
Former site of Mastex Industries chosen as home for Holyoke's high performance computing center; Springfield Republican:  Published: Monday, August 09, 2010 <Local Copy> or http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2010/08/former_site_of_mastex_industri.html

OP-EDS- Opinion and Editorials

The Boston Herald:  Top of the class within reach; October 15, 2005; By Blenda Wilson and Jack M. Wilson; President Wilson and Blenda Wilson, CEO and President of the Nellie Mae Education Foundation, co-chair the Great Schools Campaign’s Higher Education Task Force on K-12 Math and Science.
http://news.bostonherald.com/opinion/view.bg?articleid=107107&format=

The Republican:  State could become math, science mecca;" October 16, 2005; By Blenda Wilson and Jack Wilson; Math and science achievement must be improved in our public schools to keep America competitive with the rest of the world.
http://www.masslive.com/printer/printer.ssf?/base/opinion-0/1129362456299070.xml?onvp

The Boston Globe: "Beyond stem cells;" By Jack M. Wilson; January 29, 2005; The World is rushing toward a new era in biotechnology, and Massachusetts is among the leaders -- for the moment. Can we keep that leadership? While stem cell research has become the poster child for biotechnology, there is much other research on the horizon with exciting potential. http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2005/01/29/beyond_stem_cells/

The Springfield Republican; Research, innovation can generate prosperity   ; (Sunday, 8/01/2004, ); by Jack M. Wilson

National Press Quoting Jack M. Wilson:

• USA Today: "Whenever he called, he had done his homework," Wilson said. "I really think that he helped (higher education institutions) survive and thrive. … That is our natural resource. We don't have oil, coal or good weather, but we do have great universities."
• (Sadly, I have not been able to keep this up to date.  Our press office has more recent quotes!)
• MassHighTech Magazine; "Touting 2005's Top Life Science Luminaries;" MHT Text; Dyke Hendrickson; Dec 19-25, 2005.
• "High Tech All-Stars;" Dec 2005.
• "Medical school propels UMass atop state tech-transfer list;" Dec 5, 2005.
• "Biomed Rounds: A few thoughts about movers who make up the biospace ;" Nov 7, 2005.
• "UMass president says $1 million in seed funds leads to $7 million more;" September 13, 2005.
• "UMass to extend partnership with Natick Soldier Center; August 15, 2005.
• "Tufts prof named to lead UMass-Boston;" May 23, 2005.
• "UMass is transforming online learning experiences into lifetime opportunities;"April 25, 2005.
• "UMass makes it two years in row for $1M tech funding" February 21, 2005.
• Boston Globe; "Revving up the state's economy with brain power." (Version on Boston.com); January 2, 2005.
• Recent Massachusetts articles on UMass President
• Mass High Tech magazine; Guest Commentary: Massachusetts science, tech strategy should include its public university system; 8/2/2004. By Jack Wilson
• The Springfield Republican; Research, innovation can generate prosperity   ; (Sunday, 8/01/2004, ); by Jack M. Wilson
• Chronicle of Higher Education; ; 4/2/2004; Wheaton College's New Leader Is Also a Cellist; Michigan Tech President Resigns Under Fire; Administrator Who Holds Fake Doctorate Keeps Deanship at College of the Ozarks
  By SHARON WALSH, JULIANNE BASINGER, ANDREA FOSTER, and JEFFREY SELINGO
• Chronicle of Higher Education; 6/18/2004; Sense and Censorship
  By ISOLDE RAFTERY, JOSHUA KARLIN-RESNICK and KENDRA NICHOLS
• CXO Monthly: Strategy, Operations & Results for Higher Education Published by Eduventures, Inc. July 2003 No. 3 www.eduventures.com

• WBZ-TV4 NewsConference Sunday; A debate on Higher Education Reorganization between Secretary of Education Designate, Peter Nessen, and Jack Wilson on Sunday March 16, 2003.

• Boston Globe "The UMass President's Office: Is it worth the $5.6 million cost?"   March 16, 2003
• Chronicle of Higher Education: Some Successes in Online-Learning Ventures ; Feb. 21, 2003.
• Mass High Tech Magazine:  Education without boundaries;  Feb 17, 2003.  “A campus program can draw students from a local geographic area, but an online program can draw students worldwide,”
• Mass High Tech Magazine:  Changing needs, access keep the market moving;  Feb 17, 2003. “The university continues to see positive growth and positive return on investment. In fact, in its second year of operation UMass Online has served more than 10,000 students and averaged a yearly growth rate of 56 percent. And students are clamoring for more courses and degree programs.”
• Chronicle of Higher Education: Alliance Backed by Oxford, Stanford, and Yale Offers Courses to the Public ; Sept. 6, 2003.
• Business Today: "Officials release plan to boost state's economy;" BusinessToday.com; October 9, 2002. "It's infrastructure that creates the regional identity,"
• Chronicle of Higher Education: "Distance-Education Alliance Backed by Oxford, Stanford, and Yale Will Offer Courses to the Public;" Chronicle of Higher Ed.; August 22, 2002.   Jack M. Wilson, the chief executive officer of UMassOnline, has his doubts about the strategy. Although AllLearn is trying to market its association with elite universities, that doesn't always work. "There is a misunderstanding about 'brand' -- it doesn't equate to prestige at all," he says, adding that the best-known food brands in the United States are McDonald's and Coca-Cola, and the most popular higher-education brand is the University of Phoenix. Developing a brand involves "consistently delivering what they say they are going to deliver." Mr. Wilson had heard rumors that the alliance was going to start offering courses to the public. "My initial response is that maybe they haven't had the success that they thought they would," he says. "They see this as a way to get people in the door with the hopes that there would be more business there."
• C-Net News.com: "Peterson's Teams with UMassOnline to Increase Student Access to Distance Learning Opportunities;" C-Net news.com; August 19, 2002.
• Collegiate Presswire: "University of Massachusetts Advances Distance Learning Programs with Live eLearning and Collaboration Platform from Centra;" Collegiate Presswire; July 29, 2002.
• Chronicle of Higher Education: "Prospects for "For-Profit" Distance Education Spin-offs." December 2001. Making a virtue of necessity, we began to see articles talking about why a model that had students typing at one another was superior to students talking to one another. Clearly the ALN model has been an enormous contribution to the community, but it is very likely that far richer models will emerge. The fundamental power of the internet arises from the ability for human beings to interact in very robust ways. These interactions may be with other human beings or with powerful interactive resources.
• Chronicle of Higher Education:  "Debating the Demise of NYUonline" Chronicle of Higher Education; December 14, 2001."What really failed at NYUOnline was the notion of doing this as a spinoff for-profit, separate from the university," he says. "I've been in the venture-capital business, and most investors don't want to be a partner with a big educational institution. It's just not the kind of investments they make."
• NY Times: The Virtual Classroom: Colleges face tough questions about using technology to teach more students. Can video lectures and E-mail offer the give-and-take of real learning? By Rosalie Stemer; The New York Times, Sunday, January 8, 1995, Education Life, pp. 39-41. In response to former NJ Governor Kean's comment about the student on one end of a log and the teacher on the other: "The log might have to be an electronic log. You could bring the students to the classroom electronically. I would argue the students meet the faculty every time they come to class."
• NY Times: "Rensselaer Institute Tries Innovations in Teaching;" By Karen Arenson; October 9, 1996. Many colleges talk about improving undergraduate education, but experts on academia say that few have done as much about it as Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, a science and engineering university near Albany. 
• Newsweek: "What to chop;" April 29, 1996. Besides cutting costs and raising fees, some schools are using the financial crisis to invent better ways of accomplishing old tasks. "Attendance was poor and attention was poorer."
• Business Week: "THE NEW UNIVERSITY A tough market is reshaping colleges;" Dec. 22, 1997.  Wilson quote: "We concluded that we were never going to compete on price, so we had to produce an experience of demonstrably higher quality."
• The Scientist: "Six Steps To More Effective Science Teaching;" By Ricki Lewis;  January 6, 1992. "A nonscience-majors' course has got to reflect the flavor of the science as it is being done, and how a scientist works, because this is the last opportunity these students will have to look at it."  "There is a tremendous gulf between what we tell students about and what is really happening in science. Students are 100 years behind the rest of science,"
• The Washington Post: "Physics Teachers' Association Is Moving to U-Md. Campus;" March 1, 1984.
• Smart Business: "Brain Gain;" By Nick Montfort; November 2000.
• The Christian Science Monitor: "The Freshman Year Reinvented;"  MAY 5, 1998. 
• The Christian Science Monitor: "The performing professor. Physics students pay attention when he walks over hot coals;" Nov. 17, 1986.
• The Christian Science Monitor: "College from the ground up;" Nov 23, 1999.
• PC Magazine, "Classroom Computing;" November 3, 1998.
• Chronicle of Higher Education: "Debating the Demise of NYUonline: Did the venture go under because of the changing economy or bad decisions?" December 14, 2001.
• Chronicle of Higher Education: "A Digest of Recent Corporate News in Distance Education: UMassOnline, the distance-education branch of the University of Massachusetts, will use software from Prometheus and IntraLearn to create a portal allowing students to manage their online courses." October 9, 2001.
• Chronicle of Higher Education: "New Head of UMassOnline Says the 'Student Experience' Can Be Preserved;" March 9, 2001.
• Chronicle of Higher Ed.: "Pew Grants to Focus on Classroom Technology;" July 2, 1999.
• Chronicle of Higher Ed.: "New Pew Grants to Encourage Technology in Courses With Large Enrollments;"  June 16, 1999.
• Chronicle of Higher Ed.: "'Studio' Classrooms: Rensselaer uses computers to replace large lectures in introductory courses;" By Thomas J. DeLoughry; March 31, 1995.
• Chronicle of Higher Ed.: "Freshman Physics Students Escape Lecture;" August 10, 1994.
• Chronicle of Higher Ed.: "Designing Tomorrow's High-Tech Classroom: Curricula and facilities are re-examined for best ways to take advantage of new tools;" By David L. Wilson; March 17, 1993.
• Chronicle of Higher Ed.: "New Computer Package Provides a Flexible Tool for Teaching Physics Concepts to Non-Majors: System being developed at University of Maryland allows professors to modify traditional courses" By David L. Wilson; September 25, 1991.
• Chronicle of Higher Ed.: "TEACHING WITH TECHNOLOGY Freshman Physics Students Escape Lecture;" By Jeremy Bogaisky; August 10, 1994.
• Entrepreneur Magazine: "Earning Curve: Entrepreneurship programs at universities nationwide have capital-hungry business owners heading back to school." December 1998.
• AAPT Announcer: "The Role, Education, and Qualifications of the High School Physics Teacher;" High School Physics - Views from AAPT; Published by American Association of Physics Teachers.
• Capital District Business Review; "RPI to revamp IT degree work;" Claire Hughes; January 5, 1998 print edition.
• IBM: Multimedia revs up educational process at Rensselaer.
• Capital District Business Review; "ILINC's new president aims to connect with largest firms;" January 19, 1998 print edition.
• Investors Business Daily: "Will a Computer with CD-ROM Replace your Anthropology 101 Prof?" Feb. 1, 1994.  Wilson quote: "A student has to construct his or her own understanding of the material.  The only way this happens is if they have to wrestle with it themselves."
• Science Magazine; "New Modes for Making Scientists;" Nov. 4, 1994.  Wilson Quote: "We pretended to teach them and they pretended to learn."

UMassOnline:

• Officials release plan to boost state's economy;" BusinessToday.com; October 9, 2002
• "Distance-Education Alliance Backed by Oxford, Stanford, and Yale Will Offer Courses to the Public;" Chronicle of Higher Ed.; August 22, 2002.
• "Peterson's Teams with UMassOnline to Increase Student Access to Distance Learning Opportunities;" C-Net news.com; August 19, 2002.
• "University of Massachusetts Advances Distance Learning Programs with Live eLearning and Collaboration Platform from Centra;" Collegiate Presswire; July 29, 2002.
• "UMassOnline Adds Live, Instructor-Led Courses to Growing Web-Based Curriculum;" Application Service Provider News;" July 29, 2002.
• "UMass Tallies Tech Grant;" Boston.Internet.com; July 15, 2002.
• "Debating the Demise of NYUonline: Did the venture go under because of the changing economy or bad decisions?" Chronicle of Higher Education; December 14, 2001.
• "Using IT to Learn IT;" Technology Enterprise Council Newsletter; December 11, 2001.
• "A Digest of Recent Corporate News in Distance Education: UMassOnline, the distance-education branch of the University of Massachusetts, will use software from Prometheus and IntraLearn to create a portal allowing students to manage their online courses." Chronicle of Higher Education; October 9, 2001.
• "U Mass. to Build Dual Online Education Platform;" eLearning Times; October 2001.
• "New Head of UMassOnline Says the 'Student Experience' Can Be Preserved;" Chronicle of Higher Education; March 9, 2001.
• "UMassOnline leverages position in higher ed;" Mass High Tech Magazine; Nov 12 2001.
• "On the Move: UMass expands chance to stay home for school;" Mass High Tech Magazine; Oct. 5 2001.
• "UMass adds 12 programs to online university ;" Mass High Tech Magazine; September 17, 2001.
• "New England colleges on course for online education;" Mass High Tech Magazine; April 30, 2001.
• "UMassOnline leverages position in higher ed;" Mass High Tech Magazine Nov 12, 2001. 
• "RPI official heads UMass Online;" By MICHELLE AGUILAR, Staff Writer; Hampshire Gazette; Tuesday, January 30, 2001.
• "Five finalists for UMass Online;" By MICHELLE AGUILAR, Staff Writer; Hampshire Gazette; Tuesday, January 11, 2001.
• "Distance-learning leader chosen as UMass Online CEO;" The Campus Chronicle; UMass;.Feb. 2, 2001.
• "University Teaching as E-Business: Research and Policy Agendas.; University of California Berkeley, Fall 2001.
• "The Biz of Biz School Is Social;  UMass adds distance courses;" Wired, Sept. 10, 2001.
• "UMassOnline launches 12 new online degree and certificate programs;" Boston Business Journal, Sept. 5, 2001.
• "University Business Daily Archive;" August 3, 2001.

UMassOnline Press Releases

• UMassOnline Graduate Programs Ranked Among the Best By U.S. News & World Report; October 19, 2001  
• UMassOnline Launches 12 New Programs;  September 25, 2001
• UMassOnline Opens As New England Leader;  February 8, 2001
• National distance learning innovator to lead UMassOnline;  January 29, 2001

Web References to Wilson's Work:

• Distance Learning for Continuous Education; Educom Review; Vol. 32  2; March/April 1997.
• "The Prototype of the Virtual Classroom;" by Jack M. Wilson, Ph.D. and David N. Mosher; NLII Viewpoint, Fall/Winter 1997.
• "The Internet Tsunami and Distributed Learning" Jack M. Wilson; ALT-C Conference, Manchester England; 11 Sept. 2000.
• "Using IT to Train IT: Filling the Workforce Gap;" Syllabus; June 22, 2000.
• MIT Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science: "Using Networked Computing and Communications Tools to Bring Continuous Education to Scientists and Engineers;" Jack M. Wilson, Dean of Undergraduate and Continuing Education; Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Monday, October 21, 1996.
• "Developing a Digital National Library for Undergraduate Science, Mathematics, Engineering, and Technology Education;" National Research Council; National Academy Press; Washington, D.C. 1998. and also http://www.tufts.edu/tccs/at/austin-lecture-series/archives/Miriam/dlcom.htm 
• "The Role of the National Science Foundation in Supporting Advanced Network Infrastructure: Views of the Research Community;" American Association for the Advancement of Science; July 26, 1999.
• "Studio Courses: How Information Technology is Changing the Way We Teach, on Campus and off;"  Jack M. Wilson http://caes.mit.edu/people/larson/EduTech-2000.04.07.pdf
• "A Multimedia Model for Undergraduate Education;" R. Byron Pipes and Jack M. Wilson; Technology In Society, Pergamon - Elsevier Science Ltd; Vol. 18, No. 3, pp. 387-401, 1996.
• "Creating New Learning Environments for Higher Education;" NEEDHA (Nat. Elec. Eng. Dept. Heads) Meeting; March 6, 1999.
• "Physics Survey Overview Committee;" National Academy of Sciences; Washington, DC
• "TEACHING PHYSICS AS A SECOND LANGUAGE;" Jack M. Wilson Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Assoc. of Research Libraries; MAY 18-20, 1994.
• "Reforming the Undergraduate Curriculum: Faculty Rewards and Responses;" Jack Wilson, Rensselaer Polytechnic University; Indiana University Symposium; April 11, 2000.
•  "The Comprehensive Unified Physics Learning Environment (CUPLE);" Edward F. Redish, University of Maryland, Jack M. Wilson, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, THE SOCIAL CREATION OF KNOWLEDGE: MULTIMEDIA AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE UNIVERSITY; MIT; Saturday, April 6, 1991.
• "AAPT: History of the Association to 1989;" Melba N. Phillips and Jack M. Wilson; AAPT Announcer; 1989.
• Rensselaer at Hartford: Alumni Newsletter; July 1999.
• The Pew Learning and Technology Program; "Improving Learning & Reducing Costs: Redesigning Large-Enrollment Courses; By Carol A. Twigg; 1999.
• AAPT: United States Physics Team; 
• MIT: "Trends in Science Education;"  John Belcher, Professor of Physics.

ILINC LearnLinc or Mentergy Quotes:

• "Training Workers, Better, Faster Cheaper;" Fortune: 09/09/1996.
• "Lucent Teaches Technology Via Videoconferencing;" By Martin J. Garvey; InformationWeek; July 7, 1997. 
• "Grove lays out map for multimedia chip;" By Brooke Crothers Staff Writer, CNET News.com September 4, 1996.
• Mentergy gives the power to train: If your training budget requires its own spreadsheet, it's time to look at hosting your own e-learning platform;" InfoWorld; April 13, 2001.
• "E-learning methods offer a personalized approach:" InfoWorld; April 13, 2001.
• "E-learning makes the grade;" InfoWorld; July 21, 2000.
• Capital District Business Review; "ILINC's new president aims to connect with largest firms;" January 19, 1998 print edition.
• Capital District Business Review; "Distance-learning software maker sold to Israeli company;" February 21, 2000 print edition.
• Capital District Business Review; "Business Briefs New program will allow more small businesses to get loans;" September 6, 1999 print edition.
• F.Y.D.E. Program in Manitoba, Pioneers Canada’s First ILINC LearnLinc™ I-Net Installation; DETAC; August 22nd, 1997.
• "ILINC LICENSES ONLIVE! TECHNOLOGIES' AUDIO CONFERENCING TECHNOLOGY TO ENABLE VOICE INSTRUCTION OVER THE INTERNET; OnLive! Component Adds High Quality, Large Scale Audio to ILINC's Virtual Classroom Product;" SUNNYVALE, CA –October 14,1997.
• Videoconference News: June 1997
• Videoconference News: May 1997.
• "LearnLinc named to 'Top 10 Training Products' for 1996" by Human Resource Executive magazine. Times Union Newspaper.
  "Israel-Based Gilat Buys LearnLinc;" ASTD Learning Circuits; March 2000.
• "A New Way To Learn?" InformationWeek, May 22 2000
  Can online learning, a promising technology that's been impractical for most training needs, change the way employees learn-and help companies better leverage their human resources?
• "Gilat Rounds Out E-Learning Offerings;" InformationWeek, March 13 2000
  TrainPad, a Windows CE handheld device that Gilat started shipping last week, can be used with video-based distance-learning systems instead of PCs.
• "Gilat Releases Windows CE Device For Distance Learning;" InformationWeek, March 02 2000
  Gilat Communications Ltd. today rolled out TrainPad, a Windows CE handheld device for use with video distance learning. The announcement was made at Telecon East in Washington, D.C.
• "Learn At A Distance;" InformationWeek, January 03 2000
  Driven by demand for cheaper, more interactive courses, online learning will become standard operating procedure in the next few years.
• "Vendors To Host Applications, Expand Existing Offerings;" InformationWeek, December 13 1999
  Hewlett-Packard and Syncra Systems Inc. this week will launch services combined with existing enterprise software
• "Interactive Class;" InformationWeek, August 02 1999
  LearnLinc Inc., formerly Interactive Learning International Corp., this week will launch the next version of its IT online training software, LearnLinc 4.0.
• "CA Employees Plug In To Virtual Collaboration;" InformationWeek, April 26 1999
  Sean Brandow, systems engineer for global technology delivery services at Computer Associates, is excited about CA's new online initiative
• "Classroom Training In Real-Time;" InformationWeek, March 09 1998
  LearnLinc, software from Interactive Learning International Corp. in Troy, N.Y., offers familiar real-time collaboration features such as videoconferencing, whiteboarding, and application sharing.
• "Train With Less Pain;" InformationWeek, March 02 1998
  Employees offered continuous training are more likely to stick around, says Mark Bernstein, executive VP of Interactive Learning International Corp., a Troy, N.Y., vendor of training systems.
• "E-learning makes the grade;" By Lori Mitchell , InfoWorld; Friday, Jul. 21, 2000.
• "Intranet training tool gets a road test: Chrysler subsidiary puts workers in fast lane with LearnLinc;" By Stephanie Wilkinson; PCWeek Feb. 2, 1998.
• "ASPects;" Interactive Week; February 28, 2000.
• "State Opens Lines To Rural Business;" By Mel Duvall, Inter@ctive Week November 9, 1998

Other Internet papers referring to Wilson

• "Being Digitally Educated, Dewey, Technology, and Distance Learning;" Michael Brint Associate Professor and Director, Integrated Program in Humane Studies Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio.
• "Walking on glowing coal, only for fakirs? Studying heat conduction with Excel;" Nicklas Nordborg Department of Theoretical Physics Solvegatan 14A SE-223 62 Lund Sweden