By Doug Lederman. The Indian government has for the first time given approval to highly ranked universities in the country to offer fully online academic programs starting in the coming academic year, Times Higher Education reported. More...

By Doug Lederman. Forbes Media announced last week that it would begin offering dozens of self-paced online courses for aspiring professionals, through the platform created by Bridgepoint Education's decision last spring to spin off its two universities into nonprofit institutions. More...

By Doug Lederman. "Untapped Data: Enhancing Teaching and Learning" is the third event in Inside Higher Ed's 2018 Leadership Series. It will be held Wednesday, July 25, at Gallup's headquarters in Washington, D.C. More...

By Doug Lederman. The operators of a debt-relief scam have agreed to pay $2.3 million to settle Federal Trade Commission claims that they bilked student loan borrowers out of millions of dollars by pretending to be affiliated with the U.S. Education Department. More...

By Doug Lederman. A program's price is a major factor -- but not the deciding one -- as online students decide where to enroll, survey finds. Report also explores program mix, demographics, use of mobile. More...

By Doug Lederman. Boeing has announced that it plans to spend $100 million on a series of worker-training initiatives, several of which involve access to online courses and a focus on developing employees' "digital literacy." More...

By Doug Lederman. A South Dakota businessman has agreed to donate $100 million to the National University System to expand a program he helped start there to build social emotional intelligence in children. More...

By Doug Lederman. An annual report from the National Center for Education Statistics finds that there were 2,791 for-profit colleges eligible to award federal financial aid in 2017-18, compared to 2,899 the year before and 3,436 in 2014-15, as previous versions of the reports showed. More...

By Doug Lederman. Marylhurst University's closure resulted from:
(a) Enrollment declines attributable mainly to changes in the job market.
(b) Increased competition from bigger, more visible players in the online and adult-serving markets.
(c) Poor decisions by university leaders, including bets on unlikely projects.
(d) All of the above.
Marylhurst, an independent institution near Portland, Ore., announced this month that it would close after 125 years, with its leaders saying they preferred it to die with dignity than limp on. More...

By Doug Lederman. A column in the sports section of The New York Times asserts that a former Michigan State University football player was twice cleared of sexually assaulting a female student and then found responsible a third time during a proceeding he was not informed about. More...