By Doug Lederman. The compensation company was early in drawing attention to graduates’ incomes. Others have entered the fray, and all are imperfect. More...
PayScale's Impact (and Limitations)
Feeling Sad? Perhaps Our Cartoon Caption Contest Can Help
By Doug Lederman. This month's edition of Inside Higher Ed's Cartoon Caption Contest has a theme designed to calm common campus anxieties. Click here to submit a caption idea or read what your peers have already come up with. More...
Report Tracks Social Inequity in Higher Education
By Doug Lederman. Students from American families with the highest incomes are almost five times likelier than students from the poorest families to earn a bachelor’s degree by age 24, a new report shows. More...
Teaching With Technology
By Doug Lederman. Teaching With Technology," the new print-on-demand compilation of articles from Inside Higher Ed, is available today. You may download the booklet, free, here. More...
EdX Launches Professional Certificate Programs
By Carl Straumsheim. Online education provider edX launched a new line of professional certificate programs Tuesday in fields such as coding, data science and digital marketing. Read more...
Up in the Air
By Carl Straumsheim. Federal regulations governing drone use are so far keeping the loftiest fantasies from becoming reality. New rules could change that. Read more...
Blackboard's All-of-the-Above Strategy
By Carl Straumsheim. The education company wants to be a cutting-edge software provider and support colleges using older versions. Analysts and some colleges worry the company is stretching itself too thin. Read more...
A New Channel for OER
By Carl Straumsheim. OER provider Lumen Learning joins with Follett to bring open course content to faculty members through the campus bookstore. Read more...
‘A Mean Amount of Money’
By Carl Straumsheim. The City University of New York and State University of New York systems are preparing for the conversation about college affordability to shift to the cost of textbooks as the state rolls out its free-tuition plan. Read more...
Illinois and Everyone Else
By Rick Seltzer. Support for public higher education rose in 33 states and declined in 17 in 2016 -- including a massive drop in Illinois. More...