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Better Off Dead
In a rebuttal to a recent essay, faculty leaders explain why a recently stalled California bill to grant academic credit for third-party courses would have hurt students and taxpayers.
O.K., Glass, Teach
After a summer's worth of experimentation, educators are ready to bring Google Glass into the classroom -- but medical professors have already beat them to the punch.
Feminist Anti-MOOC
Can education be free and online and yet reject some of the choices made by proponents of massive open online courses? A class about to debut aims to show what's possible.
Experimental College's First Graduate
Competency-based education takes a major step forward in its challenge to seat time as College for America awards its first degree.
Charting a Course
In report to faculty and students, UT president outlines principles for online education and asks for greater input from professors.
Competency-Based Transcripts
Northern Arizona University rolls out competency-based degrees, which will come with a new form of transcripts.
Opinion
Democratic Limits of "Customized"
It its industrial approach to efficiency, competency-based education shortchanges less-affluent student and contributes to stratification, Amy Slaton writes.
Setting Limits for Outsourcing Online
Accreditor shuts down Ivy Bridge College, raising questions about where to draw the line in online partnerships between colleges and technology companies.