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Change, but How Substantive?
Arizona State U's accreditor has yet to review the institution's "MOOCs for credit" initiative. Experts are unsure what such a review might bring.
MOOCs for (a Year's) Credit
Arizona State U, in partnership with edX, will award a freshman year's worth of academic credit through massive open online courses.
Get Back to Work
Research by a Ph.D. student at Cornell U suggests making procrastination a hassle may improve student performance in online courses.
The Increasingly Digital Community College
Distance learning programs at community colleges continue to grow even as two-year institutions' enrollment falls.
A Piece of the Online Pie
Academic Partnerships will push for synchronous content in an upcoming platform update, offering instructors who participate a share of the revenue.
Opinion
It Takes a University to Build a Library
The world of libraries is changing rapidly, and those who lead them need to realize that they need the expertise of others on campus, writes Dane Ward.
Online Penalty
Large study of California community college students finds that they are more likely to succeed in in-person courses.
Online Expansion Held Back
Yale U.'s hybrid physician assistant program hits an accreditation snag -- a win for critics who have wanted the program to be evaluated as a stand-alone offering.