Tech & Innovation

Records show that board leaders who organized President Sullivan's ouster also wanted a major push into online education.

How could the rise of patron-driven acquisition at academic libraries affect the university presses that rely on librarians to buy unpopular monographs?

Students can earn college credit by combining MOOCs and prior learning assessment -- two potential higher education "disruptions." And experts predict many students soon will.

Steve Cohen writes that interactive online education, not MOOCs, may be the real challenge for traditional higher ed.

In an attempt to be more timely and relevant, Princeton plans to publish early chapters of forthcoming book on 2012 election in electronic form, free.

Coursera, edX and Udacity are making a name for themselves by giving away "elite" courses free. But eventually their investors will want them to be self-sustaining and profitable. How might they do that?

Western Governors U. says it will pay McGraw-Hill for course content based on how well students do with it. Pearson is also using the model.