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Overcoming Professors' Skepticism About Digital Accessibility

Faculty members often worry that making digital courses accessible to all students will be too time-consuming or expensive -- but some of their colleagues want to convince them otherwise.

Clear-Eyed Analysis of OER Impact

Project to drive community colleges' use of open educational resources lowered student spending (even using a more conservative formula to judge those costs). But student awareness of the courses remains limited, and the path to sustainability is unclear.
Opinion

Online Education Is a Disability Rights Issue

It is time to destigmatize and expand online learning opportunities for college students with disabilities, Brittany Collins argues.

Outrage Over University's $999 Online Textbook

An online textbook priced at almost $1,000 has infuriated students trying to navigate an already confusing textbook marketplace, but Louisiana-Lafayette officials insist they had "good intentions."
Opinion

Mapping the Academic Genome

Technology is enabling the rise of precision academics in higher education, writes Myk Garn, who describes the game-changing potential of mapping and coding the academic genome.

Who Owns Faculty Work at Purdue Global?

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.

‘A New U: Faster + Cheaper Alternatives to College’

A Q&A with Ryan Craig, investor and author of a new book about the changing landscape for education and training credentials and the implications for traditional higher education.

Digital Learning News in 'Inside Higher Ed' This Week

Among the topics: students spend less on course materials; Latin American universities share online courses; more medical students skip class.