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Competency Loves Company
Another public institution embraces competency-based degree programs, this time with the help of a business.
Opinion
Professors and Online Learning
As he makes his own foray into distance education, John Thelin, who describes himself as the "archetypal Old Prof," tries to make sense of Inside Higher Ed’s recent survey of faculty views on the topic.
Google at the Gates
Having taken over e-mail and other cloud computing services at many colleges, the company looks to make visual maps of campuses. As usual, the project faces privacy concerns.
Hype vs. Adoption
Apple iPads are gradually catching up to their hype on four-year campuses; e-textbooks make inroads as well.
Opinion
Saying Yes to Cell Phones in Class
Jed Shahar describes how he found educational value in the tool he once held in disdain.
Online Learning and Liberal Arts Colleges
Bryn Mawr experiments with artificially intelligent teaching software, says "blended" online learning might reinforce, rather than undermine, mission of small, residential colleges.
Opinion
Disruptive Innovation: Rhetoric or Reality?
At Virginia and elsewhere, would-be reformers cite technology as forcing higher education to change. But that's often an excuse for politically motivated decisions, writes Johann Neem.
Mending Fences
University press directors bemoan ruling in Georgia State copyright case, discuss how to make up with librarians and curb unlicensed copying outside the courts.