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Ashford Seeks to Become a Nonprofit
Ashford University is the latest big for-profit bidding to become nonprofit. The university's owner, Bridgepoint Education, will seek to become an online program management company.
Confusion Over Distance Education Rules
Colleges seek guidance about looming federal requirement for online colleges to tell students whether academic programs meet licensing requirements in their home states.
Race and Gender Bias in Online Courses
Study finds instructors are much more likely to respond to comments from white male students than from others.
Purdue Global's Arrival
Accreditor's backing of the Purdue-Kaplan deal paves the way for a new, unusual public university, while giving a boost to other for-profit conversions, partnerships and acquisitions.
Digital Learning in ‘Inside Higher Ed’ This Week
Inside Higher Ed published several articles relevant to the “Inside Digital Learning” audience this week, in case you missed them...
Education Department Plans 'Higher Education Ecosystem Challenge'
The U.S. Education Department last night announced that it would start a "Higher Education Ecosystem Challenge" this spring, inviting teams...
Opinion
Why I Won’t Teach Online
Face-to-face instruction is superior in so many ways, writes Christopher Schaberg.
New Online Programs
Colleges begin academic programs in civil engineering, enterprise architecture, liberal studies, TESOL, and occupational health applied sciences, among other disciplines.