Filter & Sort
Credit Without Teaching
Two new competency-based education programs up the ante for a potential disruption to higher education. How do they work?
Amended but Not Commended
California bill to increase use of online course providers gets changed to give faculty more say -- but not yet kudos from said faculty.
EdX Rejected
Declining a rare courtship from a top MOOC provider, Amherst sends the joint venture of Harvard and MIT packing. Professors say they didn't like where the project is taking higher education.
Big Disruption, Big Questions
Possible end game for competency-based education emerges with five new "direct assessment" programs, as foundations and experts discuss how to ensure academic quality.
Turning on Turnitin
Writing professors issue warning about plagiarism detection software.
Reframing the Conversation
Enough with the tsunami metaphors. At a conference on faculty work and student learning, attendees say language, not technology, is holding back efforts to change the liberal arts.
Digital Rescue
Advocates for new teaching technologies say liberal arts institutions should flock to, not fear, online education.
Taking on Accreditors and Faculty
Florida lawmakers want to boost MOOCs and upend the traditional quality control system by letting state officials demand that public colleges grant credit for courses offered by unaccredited institutions.