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Who Owns Faculty Work at Purdue Global?
By Greg Toppo. AAUP releases a nondisclosure agreement professors must sign that appears to bar them from sharing much of anything or criticizing the program after they leave. More...
Defining ‘Regular and Substantive’ Interaction in the Online Era
By Greg Toppo. The Trump administration is considering an overhaul of a 26-year-old federal rule that is seen variably as a barrier to innovation and an important guardrail against substandard instruction. More...
Combating Sexual Violence With Video Games
By Lindsay McKenzie. Researchers at the University of New Hampshire say that video games could play a useful role in preventing sexual violence on campus, but more work is needed to make them effective. More...
The End of a Blogging Era at Harvard
By Lindsay McKenzie. As one of the first university-hosted blogging platforms prepares to wind down, concerns arise about the fate of its archives. More...
Educause Publishes Report on Tech Trends
By Lindsay McKenzie. The New Media Consortium’s delayed 2018 Horizon Report on higher education technology trends was published today by Educause. More...
Student Spending on Course Materials Plummets
By Lindsay McKenzie. In the last decade, average student spending on required course materials has decreased by more than 30 percent, according to the National Association of College Stores. More...
Seeking a Middle Ground Between Publishers and OER
By Lindsay McKenzie. Top Hat strives to get professors to create their own textbooks and make them available free or for sale on its platform. Should traditional textbook publishers be concerned. More...
Georgia Tech's Latest Low-Cost Online Degree
By Lindsay McKenzie. Students will have the opportunity to obtain an online master’s degree in cybersecurity from the Georgia Institute of Technology for less than $10,000 starting next January. More...