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California community colleges unveil online program that allows students to take courses across multiple campuses, a project that replaced a failed attempt to tap for-profit online course providers to meet student demand.
'Dream Big, Start Small'
The University of Illinois's iMBA program offers encouraging news about the viability of graduate degrees built on MOOCs.
The Tech-Enabled Scholar
New book explores what it means to be a scholar at a moment when every aspect of life in academe is being changed by technology.
'The Pulse': Autodesk's Randy Swearer
This month's edition of Inside Higher Ed's technology podcast features an interview with Randy Swearer of Autodesk.
Become a Doctor, No Lectures Required
U of Vermont's College of Medicine announces it will get rid of lecture courses and completely reshape the faculty role -- a first for a traditional medical school.
When a C Isn’t Good Enough
Data show that students who earn C's in foundational courses are much less likely to graduate. As a result, U of Arizona may require some C students to repeat a course.
'Safe Space' for Experimentation or Dangerous 'Loophole'?
Two experts -- Barmak Nassirian and Paul LeBlanc -- discuss federal experiment to open up student aid to eight noncollege job training programs.
Humans, the Latest MOOC Feature
MIT experiments with instructor grading in massive open online courses as a way to expand teaching and learning opportunities for students and instructors.