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Lowering Online Student Dropout Rates
Vincent Oria and Edina Renfro-Michel agrue that it’s not a surprise that many students fail to pass enough online courses to graduate. They say their two colleges' initiative greatly improves the odds.
‘Baby Steps’ to Reduce Textbook Costs
University of Utah faculty members balked at the idea of moving to open educational resources, so a team that includes library and bookstore employees is promoting 13 options -- including OER.
A New Online Bachelor's Degree in ... Anthropology?
Newest online program at Western Illinois is a rarity. Effort was born of professors' scrappiness and desire to bring the critical-thinking discipline to students who can't come to the campus in the cornfields.
Better Revenue Model
Notre Dame to launch its first online master’s. University joins growing number of institutions opting to outsource online course development on fee-for-service basis.
The Pulse: Conversation With Ken Hartman
This month's episode of the Pulse podcast features an interview with Ken Hartman, a veteran of online learning and currently CEO of Degree Quest.
Coding: Not Just for Geeks
Apple selects six community colleges to receive curriculum on creating apps. One president took the course and said it was easy to learn -- even though she hadn't taken a programming course in 30 years.
U of Utah Offers Technical Certificates to Liberal Arts Graduates
U of Utah offers technical certificates to liberal arts graduates
Bumpy Road Ahead for Purdue-Kaplan?
The proposed arrangement between the public research university and the adult-serving for-profit institution could reshape online learning and public higher education -- but regulatory hurdles await.