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Online Education Start-Up, Backed by Research University Credit
Outlier, from founder of MasterClass, aims to create high-quality, low-priced ($400) gen-ed courses to help community college students transfer. Credits will bear University of Pittsburgh's name.
New Online Academic Programs
The offerings include degrees in early childhood education, educational technology in learning, environmental science, health-care management and intellectual property and technology law.
Digital Learning News in ‘Inside Higher Ed’ This Week
Among the topics: teaming up to smooth transfer; nudges don't work well nationally; short-term Pell and for-profits.
The Limited Role of Evidence in Ed-Tech Decisions
A research study finds many higher ed institutions are selecting expensive new ed-tech tools without strong evidence they improve student learning.
A University's Online M.B.A. Is Less Expensive -- and Purposely Different
Boston University's new online business degree is $24,000 for a reason. Unlike on-campus program, it has no electives and is aimed at a different audience.
Changing Spaces
For-profit universities have for years offered in-person classes at campus locations to supplement their online curricula. But with in-person enrollments dwindling, some are rethinking the role these places play.
Digital Learning in 'Inside Higher Ed' This Week
Among the topics: data on nondegree credentials; labor market returns for certificates; policy wish list for community colleges.
Learning About Online Learning at Small Private Colleges
As consortium of dozens of independent institutions shared upper-level humanities courses, students met desired learning outcomes and professors' teaching grew more creative.