By Doug Lederman. The state auditor in Mississippi has asked prosecutors to bring charges against two former employees of Coahoma Community College for embezzling more than $750,000 from the institution, the Clarion Ledger reported. More...

By Doug Lederman. Blackboard has formally changed the name of its product that serves institutions that use Moodle's open-source learning management system, in the wake of this summer's parting of the ways between Moodle and Blackboard. More...

By Lindsay McKenzie. Free open educational resources have saved students at least $1 billion in textbook costs over the last five years, open education advocacy group SPARC reports. More...

By Lindsay McKenzie. Two leading university presses are changing the way they sell their digital collections to libraries -- cutting out the middlemen. Will others follow suit. More...

By Lindsay McKenzie. The university and its large online division plan to create a "seamless pathway" between K-12, college and students’ first jobs. More...

By Lindsay McKenzie. More than 500 law students at Georgetown University have signed a petition asking the law school to scrap its new exam software. More...

By Lindsay McKenzie. Six more institutions are following Georgia Tech’s lead and launching affordable online master’s degrees with edX. More...

By Lindsay McKenzie. Unhappy with a new online-only book ordering system, professors at Middlebury College are calling for books to be put back on the shelves of their college bookstore. More...

By Lindsay McKenzie. Textbook publishers moving from print sales to rental programs and digital subscription services may find long-term success, but not without reduced earnings “for the next couple of years,” Moody’s Investors Service predicted in a new report. More...

By Lindsay McKenzie. Appeals court ruling continues decade-long legal battle between Georgia State University and three publishers over what constitutes "fair use" of course materials. More...