Teaching & Learning

The University of Florida spent $24 million to upgrade its supercomputer, which is one of the fastest machines in the world and gives Florida researchers access to a tool most academics don’t have.

2U’s decision to shut down its coding boot camps is the latest sign that changes are afoot in the alternative credentials sector.

Fewer than half of students at the largest nonprofit online institutions earn a degree after eight years. Is it an unfortunate reality or a cry for accountability?

Hebrew Union College–Jewish Institute of Religion is struggling with dwindling rabbinical school enrollments and ongoing financial challenges. Leaders hope a new online program makes a difference.

The rapid introduction of generative AI has created a wild west of policies at colleges, complicating the use of long-standing editing and writing tools.

This fall, the University of Miami introduced a new virtual reality tool into a first-year course. The initiative is targeted toward retention and engagement of students, as well as improving their feelings of belonging.

Mary Nestor, Millie Tullis and James Butler write that a recent opinion essay presented a distorted view of the possibilities of asynchronous course design.

Robert Zaretsky worries that the expansion of asynchronous courses is not serving students well.