The demographics of those enrolled in college look very different than they did twenty years ago. Students once considered “nontraditional” -- including those who are low-income, first-generation, above the age of 23, financially independent, living off campus and attending part-time -- have found themselves elbow-to-elbow with the more commonly conjured image of a college student -- one who is between the ages of 18 and 22, living on the quad, attending full-time, and from a middle- to high-income family. More...

In 2015, the U.S. Department of Education levied a $30 million fine against for-profit Corinthian Colleges and limited the schools’ ability to participate in federal student-aid programs. More...

You know that Seinfeld episode where Jerry doesn’t remember the name of a woman he is dating, only the fact that it rhymes with a part of the female anatomy? He spends the entire episode faking his way through conversations, trying to cover for himself until he’s unmasked as a very bad boyfriend. More...

Thousands of college graduates are poised to enter the workforce this spring armed with credentials they earned at Oklahoma's public colleges and universities. More...

Students Accused of Piracy
No, these students were not accused of seizing a vessel by force. They are accused of sharing files without obtaining permission from copyright holders. There is (though you would never know it) a difference. At $150,000 per song, the recording industry is looking for billions from each of the four students against whom they have filed complaints. More...

Wooing "Screenagers": Microsoft Bets Cliques Will Click With Teens
It sounds a lot like Groove, though according to this article the concept was developed through the study of teen behaviour on the internet. More...

Learning Objects: Difficulties and Opportunities
This nice paper outlining some of the problems related to learning objects as they are currently concieved by the mainstream. More...

A Modest Manifesto
In Wiley's words, "It is high time for instructional technologists to get serious about extending free, high quality educational opportunities to everyone. Literally. This modest manifesto lays out a context, rationale, and initial roadmap from here to there." This is something we've talked about here for quite a while, and George Siemens and others have launched an open education initiative last week. More...

Autounfocus
David Wiley, of Learning Objects fame, has launched a weblog. The content is quite good, as you might expect - I've linked to a couple of items below. More...