By Carl Straumsheim. Blackboard's parent company, Providence Equity Partners, is acquiring the higher education financial company Higher One for $260 million. Read more...
17 juillet 2016
17 juillet 2016
Cheating the System?
By Carl Straumsheim. Even if they could cheat without being penalized, most students will take an honest stab at homework questions, study finds. Read more...
17 juillet 2016
HathiTrust Expands Services for Print-Disabled Readers
By Carl Straumsheim. HathiTrust, the book digitization consortium and digital library housed at the University of Michigan, is making more than 14 million books available to blind and print-disabled readers. Read more...
17 juillet 2016
Teaching to Teach
By Carl Straumsheim and Doug Lederman. A conference on online learning promises "A Universe of Opportunities," and attendees interested in faculty development are getting their money's worth. Read more...
17 juillet 2016
Cengage Announces Alternative Credit Programs
By Carl Straumsheim. Excelsior College and publisher Cengage Learning on Tuesday said they would partner to create self-paced online degree programs to give students an alternative pathway to college credit. Read more...
17 juillet 2016
Clinton's 'Innovation Agenda' for Higher Ed
By Carl Straumsheim. The presumptive Democratic nominee for president expands on her higher education agenda with boosts for alternative education providers and technology entrepreneurs. Read more...
17 juillet 2016
Preparing for 'Era of Data Ubiquity'
By Carl Straumsheim. Researchers convene to discuss how the deluge of data collected about students can be used to benefit higher education without compromising privacy. Read more...
17 juillet 2016
Angst and Hope for Liberal Arts Colleges
By Scott Jaschik. Professors and presidents consider whether their business models, demographics and programs must change for institutions to thrive. Read more...
17 juillet 2016
Origins of 'The Wisconsin Idea'
By Scott Jaschik. Last year, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker's original budget suggested that his state move away from "the Wisconsin idea," a much admired philosophy about the state university and its relationship to all the people of Wisconsin. More...
17 juillet 2016
U of Maryland Criticizes Its Use of Pepper Spray
By Scott Jaschik. A study by the police department at the University of Maryland at College Park has faulted one use of pepper spray at a student party in May, defended another use of pepper spray and suggested that the university police might have avoided the use of pepper spray completely. Read more...
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