Distance education

American University finds that its students, away between academic years, are flocking to its online summer offerings.

The New York Times on Thursday announced a major push into higher education -- with new efforts to provide distance education, course content and social networking. A number of colleges are already either committed to using the new technologies or are in negotiations to start doing so, evidence of the strong power of the Times brand in academe.

Maryland college's payment of per-student fee to contractor in Taiwan raises questions about when practices unacceptable in the U.S. are permissible (or not) abroad.

University of California at Berkeley expands the public reach of its courses in a new video portal with complete lectures, ready to be streamed.

Some 20 percent of all students took at least one such course last year, but rate of increase is slowing.

As information technology leaders convened for the Educause meetings Thursday in Seattle, they talked about some of the same issues that are attracting attention in higher ed outside of technology circles: links to K-12, making courses more engaging and measuring what students learn.

Concord, an online law school, merges with Kaplan and gains aid eligibility; Penn State wins unusual variance from the ABA's strict limits on distance ed.

Authors of new book explain how "blended learning" can improve traditional education, when online interactions can be better than lectures and more.

If a book list is the blueprint for a course, Rio Salado College is about to start from scratch.

New study challenges conventional wisdom that where you live doesn't matter when you are enrolled online.