By Doug Lederman. New public opinion data suggest that despite significant concerns about prices, most Americans (and many Republicans) believe a postsecondary education is essential. More...
Unizin to Make Top Hat Available to Its Members
By Doug Lederman. The Unizin consortium has struck a deal to make Top Hat's cloud-based teaching platform available to its 25 member universities at a special rate, the companies announced. More...
Higher Ed Bill's Implications for Digital Learning
By Doug Lederman. The U.S. House of Representatives education committee was set to advance legislation Tuesday that would drop the Higher Education Act's definition of distance education, remove federal rules that would require online providers to get authorization from each state in which they enroll students. More...
Thought Leader Interview: Phil Hill of 'eLiterate'
By Doug Lederman. In first of a series of discussions with digital learning leaders, the eLiterate analyst explores the role of the faculty, measuring effectiveness and whether tech companies are getting more realistic in their promises. More...
The Landscape of 'Post-Traditional' Learners
By Doug Lederman. Many changes are needed -- in federal financial aid policies, how institutions and others recognize nonformal learning, among other things -- if the roughly 60 percent of undergraduates who are "post-traditional learners" are to get a meaningful postsecondary credential, the American Council on Education says in a new report. More...
Driving Digital Learning at Community Colleges
By Doug Lederman. Two-year-college administrators say student retention is their top goal, and are likelier than their university peers to have taken an online course themselves, survey finds. More...
The Pulse: Mustafa Sualp at AEFIS
By Doug Lederman. This month's episode of the Pulse podcast features an Interview with Mustafa Sualp, CEO and founder of AEFIS, an assessment management platform. More...
Study: Loans Increased Community College Attainment
By Doug Lederman. Community college students who were offered and took out loans earned more credits and attained higher grade point averages than did peers who did not receive the "nudge" to borrow, according to a study released Monday by the National Bureau of Economic Research. More...
McGraw-Hill Taps ProctorU for ALEKS PPL Exams
By Doug Lederman. McGraw-Hill Education has reached agreement with ProctorU to provide remote proctoring for colleges and universities that deliver the ALEKS Placement, Preparation and Learning exams. More...
Inspector General: Resume Processing Borrower-Defense Claims
By Andrew Kreighbaum. The Department of Education's inspector general said Monday that review of student loan relief applications known as borrower-defense claims should resume after months without a single ruling from the Trump administration. More...