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MOOCs for Credit
Coursera strikes licensing agreement with Antioch University, bringing business model for massive online courses into sharper focus.
Phoenix Reloads
The University of Phoenix is down after a tough year. But betting against Phoenix is risky, as the flagship for-profit doubles down on career services and its ties with employers.
A New Online Associate Degree
Funded by Gates Foundation, MyCollege Foundation and Mount St. Mary's College launch Portmont College, a new blended model for earning an associate degree.
Startup University's Phantom Faculty
Newly launched Cambridge Graduate University has an impressive list of faculty members. Too bad many of them have never heard of it.
Pearson Doubles Down Online
With purchase of EmbanetCompass, company seeks to expand its existing services helping colleges take their academic programs into cyberspace.
Texas MOOCs for Credit?
U. of Texas System wants to use its edX partnership to aid its goals of reducing costs and increasing completion. That will mean awarding credit, under certain conditions, for MOOCs.
Blackboard's New Bag
As part of the company's gradual reinvention as a provider of agnostic support and consulting, Blackboard -- joining a market place crowded with competitors -- offers to help colleges reinvent themselves online.
Opinion
The Internet Agenda
Does the aggressive move into online education create another way universities might become too dependent on corporations? Mark Edmundson asks.