Black and Hispanic faculty members are underrepresented at bachelor’s-, master’s- and doctorate-level institutions, according to a new study published in the Hispanic Journal of Law and Policy. More...
21 Low-Cost Online Master’s Degrees from Coursera and edX
We may be on the cusp of a postsecondary revolution in master’s level credentialing for professional programs. It is a revolution, however, that few seem to be taking note. More...
Boosting Degree Completion With Blockchain
Arizona State is rethinking how this student data might be exchanged. In partnership with Salesforce, the university’s central enterprise unit, EdPlus, is creating a student data network that will enable participating institutions to share and verify students’ academic records using a distributed ledger technology such as blockchain. More...
Criticism Over IT Outsourcing Decision
For three days in June 2017, Washtenaw Community College in Ann Arbor, Mich., experienced a complete network shutdown. More...
At 63, Bill Gates says he now asks himself these 3 questions that he wouldn’t have in his 20s
Gates also noted how different his assessment looks today, at age 63, than it did in his 20s. More...
Cuts in state funding to public colleges may be to blame for a decline in bachelor’s degrees
The declines in state appropriations have had real effects in terms of degree output, enrollment and there’s at least suggestive evidence that there’s some impact on research outputs. More...
AI can simulate quantum systems without massive computing power
It’s difficult to simulate quantum physics, as the computing demand grows exponentially the more complex the quantum system gets — even a supercomputer might not be enough. More...
What is personalized learning and why is it so controversial? 5 questions answered
The term “personalized learning” is becoming more common. Indeed, 39 states mention personalized learning in their school improvement plans, as required by the Every Student Succeeds Act. More...
Udacity’s AI generates lecture videos from audio narration
Professional-level lecture clips require not only a veritable studio’s worth of equipment, but significant resources to transfer, edit, and upload footage of each lesson. More...
MITx Prepares 30 New MOOCs and Builds with Other Universities a Blockchain System for Credentials
MITx has become, along with Harvard University and Microsoft, the most prolific course creator on edX.org, with 111 MOOCs shared in the past year, and 26 of them being run for the first time. More...