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Impact and Nonimpact of Online Competition
Paper finds growth of fully online degree programs led to increased spending and falling enrollments at some place-based colleges, but had little impact on tuition rates.
Doubts About Data: 2016 Survey of Faculty Attitudes on Technology
Most faculty members say data-driven assessments and accountability efforts aren’t helping them improve the quality of teaching and learning at...
Opinion
A Defense of Academic Twitter
Patrick Iber provides guidance on how to make Twitter work for academic purposes.
Efficiency, at Scale
Competency-based education can save money for colleges and students, a new report finds, but the efficiency gains won't come easily or without worries about the impact on academic quality.
Opinion
Falling Short of Their Profession’s Needs
In recent decades, library and information studies have focused on the information that libraries provide, shortchanging other key roles they play, writes Wayne A. Wiegand.
Oberlin Expands Its Reach
High school students will soon be able to earn college credit from Oberlin College for instruction neither delivered by the institution nor taught by its faculty members.
Michigan’s ‘Next Step’ in Technology
U of Michigan starts a “yearlong conversation” about innovation in the classroom to determine what a public research university should look like in the 21st century.
Online and Homegrown
California community colleges unveil online program that allows students to take courses across multiple campuses, a project that replaced a failed attempt to tap for-profit online course providers to meet student demand.