Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Federal law does not prohibit undocumented students from enrolling in college, but it does something nearly as effective, banning them from receiving government aid. More...

Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. For the first time in India, engineering education content is available in 3D on the internet. The web portal is aptly named LearnEngg.com. It delivers visual-based engineering content for the entire degree course. More...

Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Google has become the latest big tech company to edge into business schools’ territory with the recent launch of a mini online degree for tech entrepreneurs. More...

Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Online learning is not for everyone — not for all students nor all faculty. It takes the ability to motivate oneself and the expectation of doing work on your own. More...

Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Want to get ahead in your career? Join the crowd. Fifty-two percent of Coursera students are taking online courses to improve their career, according to president and co-founder Daphne Koller. More...

Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Udacity now concentrates on “nanodegrees,” certificates from its online courses that are transferable to big-name tech companies. Udacity announced it has graduated 1,000 students from the program. More...

Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. With Shmoop’s new customizable course option, teachers are no longer subject to the whims of online course providers. Now they can create the course that works best for their students. More...

Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Online students can enjoy enhanced classroom discussions and acquire digital communication skills. Some people believe that online education provides a sub-par learning experience. More...

Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Efforts to provide support services to high-schoolers taking a summer economics and personal-finance course online appear to have paid dividends, with the 2015 effort seeing a 97-percent completion rate among Arlington participants. More...

Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Bob Murphy is the director of evaluation research at the Center for Technology in Learning at SRI International. He also wrote a book about online learning and the research on its effectiveness. More...