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2U, edX to Combine to Create Online Learning Giant

Online learning provider company to buy assets of nonprofit MOOC pioneer to create a new entity reaching 50 million learners.

Questioning Colleges’ Role in Bad Loans for Boot Camps

The colleges appear to be leading students to risky loan providers, raising questions about the relationship between the institutions and lenders and how much information they’re disclosing to students.
Opinion

Addressing Substance Use in Online Classes

What do you do when a student at home starts drinking an adult beverage during a virtual class? Five academics offer strategies for dealing with it without shaming or stigmatizing.

Online Leaders to Prioritize Flexibility Post-Pandemic

A report exploring the impact of the pandemic on the future of online learning suggests many campus leaders want to offer increased flexibility in teaching modality to students. How they will achieve this goal remains to be seen.

A Deal to Address Digital Inequity

University of Nevada, Reno, works with Apple to give first-year students iPads and tech training opportunities. Will others follow?

Time to Rethink AI Proctoring?

Proctoring companies that use artificial intelligence to monitor students’ behavior during online exams typically require university instructors to review footage of unusual activity. But is that human oversight actually happening?

Community Colleges Seek to Share Classes Online

A national online course-sharing consortium for community colleges aims to expand access to online learning. It’s also an attempt to relieve budgetary and enrollment pressures after a particularly challenging year.

Is Ed Tech Ready to Help Students of Color?

New report recommends investigating structures impeding success among students of color before throwing money at problems -- and also says more research and research funding are needed.