1 novembre 2018

By Doug Lederman. Education Department officials have recommended new life for an accrediting agency whose federal authority to operate was withdrawn by the Obama administration. More...

By Doug Lederman. More admissions directors than in years past say they are recruiting online students.
Inside Higher Ed's Survey of College and University Admissions Directors, published last week, found that 54 percent of admissions leaders say their institution is increasing its recruitment of online students, up from 41 percent in 2015. More...

By Doug Lederman. Researchers hoped that online communications would prod students to nearly double their study time. It barely budged, but their study shows how scholars can measure impact (or lack thereof) of educational interventions. More...

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...