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An Enrollment Surge, a Decline in Quality—and a Sharp Rebuke
Eastern Gateway Community College offered free courses to union members, and enrollment skyrocketed. But the institution’s accreditor put the college on probation, saying the rapid growth hurt the education offered.
Opinion
Resisting the Panopticon
It’s fine for faculty to choose to record lectures for students, but systems more or less foisted on them from the top down pose serious threats to academic freedom, argues Michael Schwalbe.
Partnering on Students’ Tech Skills Training
Podium Education partners with institutions to give undergraduates hands-on technological experience in digital marketing, coding and data analytics.
As Misinformation Grows, Scholars Debate How to Improve Open Access
While open-access science has made research available worldwide, some scholars worry that misinformation, fraud and politicization have become rampant in a system that rewards speed and sparkle.
Opinion
It’s Time to Open the Black Boxes
As remote testing becomes pervasive, colleges should ask some fundamental and wide-ranging questions, Jeremy Epstein and Christopher Kang write.
The Top 10 IT Issues, According to Educause
Embracing digital transformation, ensuring faculty have the necessary digital fluency to engage students, and embracing a blended campus that melds digital and in-person learning are among the Educause top 10 IT issues in higher education.
Philanthropies Help HBCUs Take Their Education Online
United Negro College Fund and Complete College America support Black colleges’ efforts to upgrade their expertise and replicate their unique educational offerings digitally.
‘Staying Online’
Author discusses his advice for colleges in navigating the evolving landscape of digital learning and his change of heart on MOOCs.