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Digital Learning News in 'Inside Higher Ed' This Week
Among the topics: the count of credentials doubles; how online universities recruit; admissions officers and online students.
OER Embraced
As California's community colleges implement degree pathways with no textbook costs, what -- if anything -- can be gleaned from their data?
Opinion
Questioning the Textbook Rep Culture
Publishers’ sales teams can freely visit professors on many campuses. Steven J. Bell asks, shouldn't academic librarians promoting alternatives have easy access to the faculty, too?
Arizona State Moves On From Global Freshman Academy
ASU's for-credit MOOC experiment with edX didn’t meet expectations for completion or certification. The university has quietly moved in a new direction.
A Graduate Program's Twist on Alternative Financing
Online nursing program will defer half of tuition, charge no interest and make repayment based on income. Questions abound.
Analyzing OPM Contracts
Century Foundation urges colleges to "take control" back from online program management companies with report that criticizes revenue sharing with OPMs.
Will Transparency Ward Off Regulation?
Online program management companies are feeling the heat. 2U, the sector's most visible player, hopes releasing significant data about finances and outcomes will make help make their case.
From Textbook Rentals to Education Provider
Chegg has long supplemented educational materials from other companies, but is -- with its latest acquisition -- gearing up to provide its own non-degree level credentials.