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A New Online Associate Degree
Funded by Gates Foundation, MyCollege Foundation and Mount St. Mary's College launch Portmont College, a new blended model for earning an associate degree.
Outsourcing Privacy
Microsoft's new standard agreement for higher education clients would address privacy compliance by designating the company a "school official."
Startup University's Phantom Faculty
Newly launched Cambridge Graduate University has an impressive list of faculty members. Too bad many of them have never heard of it.
Pearson Doubles Down Online
With purchase of EmbanetCompass, company seeks to expand its existing services helping colleges take their academic programs into cyberspace.
Texas MOOCs for Credit?
U. of Texas System wants to use its edX partnership to aid its goals of reducing costs and increasing completion. That will mean awarding credit, under certain conditions, for MOOCs.
Blackboard's New Bag
As part of the company's gradual reinvention as a provider of agnostic support and consulting, Blackboard -- joining a market place crowded with competitors -- offers to help colleges reinvent themselves online.
A Legal Sweep
With HathiTrust ruling, 'fair use' advocates in academe continue a legal winning streak that could have historic implications.
MOOCs and the Rest of 'Online'
In speech to members of online learning group, Sebastian Thrun -- of celebrated massive Stanford online course -- acknowledges extent to which new efforts build on their work.