By Doug Lederman. "The Next Generation of Students" is a new compilation of articles from Inside Higher Ed. You may download a free copy here. More...
Waiting for 'The Fourth Age' to Arrive
By Joshua Kim. How we think about genocidal AI and job-stealing robots. More...
A Learning Perspective on Netflix's Corporate Culture
By Joshua Kim. I read the WSJ article on the toxic corporate culture at Netflix with much horror and little surprise. More...
The 10K Per Year Liberal Arts Education as Thought Experiment
By Joshua Kim. How would you make this work. More...
U.S. Recommends Renewed Recognition for Troubled Accreditor
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Department officials have recommended new life for an accrediting agency whose federal authority to operate was withdrawn by the Obama administration.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...
More Admissions Directors Take Aim at Online Students
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...
Can ‘Nudges’ Make Students Study More? Maybe Someday
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...
Ex-Employees Accused of Embezzling From Miss. 2-Year College
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...
Moodlerooms No More. Now It's Blackboard Open LMS
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...
Advocates: OER Saves Students $1 Billion
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...