The following developments received coverage in Inside Higher Ed this week:
- Colleges in the Houston area are teaming up to share data and information in a bid to improve student learning across the city's institutions, using software that helps lay out degree maps and guided pathways.
- Strayer Education and Capella Education have completed their merger, creating a union of two for-profit colleges. Capella focuses on online graduate education.
- Chris Bustamante, president of Rio Salado College and a prominent leader in digital learning circles, retired this week amid questions raised about the online institution's handling of sexual assault complaints.
