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Free Textbook Company Shelves Clones
Following a lawsuit from major textbook publishers, a Boston company rewrites its "textbook replacement" material and asks judge for breathing room.
Measuring the MOOC Dropout Rate
Are only 10 percent of students finishing courses? It depends on how you count.
Adjuncts on File
As New Jersey's community colleges finalize an electronic repository of adjuncts, instructors off the tenure track are pushing back against a system they fear could be used to exploit them.
Besieged Humanities, Worldwide
Budget cuts? Politicians questioning disciplines' "relevance"? It's not just the U.S. But at international education gathering, a business school offers hope to those who value literature and history.
Intellectual 'Eviction Notice'
Student organizers of a forum at Wharton School revoke invitation to controversial keynote speaker from India after professors oppose his appearance.
Dangerous and Possibly Anonymous
Educators begin to think about how to deal with hate speech, threats and talk of suicide in massive open online courses.
Opinion
Cardinal Questions
Can believers and unbelievers find fellowship? Scott McLemee looks at the 21st-century dialogue between faith and reason.
Rise of Customized Learning
Western Governors U. and others continue to expand competency-based education amid excitement (and confusion) about President Obama's praise of the approach.