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...
Crowded OPM Market Begins to Consolidate
By Lindsay McKenzie. With its acquisition of Learning House, Wiley Education Services will become a much bigger player in the online program management space. Observers say the merger could be the first of many. More...
Cengage Settles Author Lawsuit
By Lindsay McKenzie. Publisher Cengage has reached a settlement with two authors who objected to their work being included in the publisher’s Unlimited offer -- a subscription model where students pay one fixed price to access all of Cengage’s digital course materials. More...
ACICS Sanctions Danish Business College
By Paul Fain. The Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools, an embattled national accrediting agency, has sanctioned Niels Brock, a Danish business college, over concerns that the college lacks approval from the Danish government to issue bachelor's degrees. More...
Moody's: Graduate Business Schools Face Credit Concerns
By Paul Fain. Moody's cited fall application data from a survey conducted by the Graduate Management Admissions Council, which founded that 59 percent of U.S. business schools saw a decline in applications, with a 6.6 percent overall decline in volume. More...
Another Law School Will Close
By Emma Whitford. Valparaiso Law School announced its plans to close less than a month after the Tennessee Higher Education Commission rejected its plan to transfer to a public university in that state. More...
Emory Ups Base Graduate Stipend by 29%
By Colleen Flaherty. Emory University is increasing its base graduate student stipend in the Laney Graduate School from $24,000 to $31,000 as part of a bigger academic excellence initiative, it announced this week. The move represents an investment of $40 million spanning five years. More...
Cheddar Purchases Rate My Professors
By Scott Jaschik. Cheddar, a streaming video company, has purchased Rate My Professors, the site that is influential with students and widely criticized by educators. More...
Online course can help boost business savvy
Techno-News Blog. Not everyone has the resources to go to college for an MBA, but anyone with an internet connection and some self-discipline can learn business basics through the DreamBuilder program offered by the nonprofit small-business development and training organization WESST. More...
Google 2.0: Why MIT scientists are building a new search engine
Techno-News Blog. Decentralizing knowledge and making information provenance transparent will be a revolution in the so-called “post-truth age”. More...