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Spotlight on Innovation: Unity College Carves Out Online Niche
A small environmental college in Maine created a suite of specialized online programs with help from faculty and staff enthusiasts.
Digital Learning News in 'Inside Higher Ed' This Week
Among the topics: six more universities offer degrees through edX; billion-dollar OER savings; imposing rigor on federal aid experiments; MIT bets big on AI.
The Education Department's Call to Action
Winners of a federal innovation challenge convened last week to ponder higher education's most pressing problems and the technology tools that might address them.
EdX: From MicroMasters to Online Master’s Degrees
Six more institutions are following Georgia Tech’s lead and launching affordable online master’s degrees with edX.
A High-Profile Tech Boot Camp Stumbles
Woz U, named for Apple co-founder, is subject of critical news report citing dissatisfied students, prompting a state investigation. Its leaders defend quality but acknowledge flaws and a slow start.
Digital Learning in 'Inside Higher Ed' This Week
The following developments received news coverage in Inside Higher Ed this week: The publisher Cengage has reached a settlement with...
Opinion
Using Technology to Help First-Gen Students
Colleges should put digital tools at the center of their programs for ensuring academic success of students who are first in their families to go to college, write Ana M. Martinez Aleman, Heather Rowan-Kenyon and Mandy Savitz-Romer.
Crowded OPM Market Begins to Consolidate
With its acquisition of Learning House, Wiley Education Services will become a much bigger player in the online program management space. Observers say the merger could be the first of many.