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Advancing the Open Front
MIT's new open course initiative may shake the foundations of the higher ed credentialing system.
Academic Libraries in Flux
Latest Education Department data show steady overall spending, a boom in e-books and rising costs of electronic journal subscriptions.
Open CourseWare 2.0
How close can Stanford's computer science department get to offering world-class courses for free?
The Problem Solvers
What, if anything, can a former hedge fund analyst and his motley crew of Silicon Valley number-crunchers teach higher education?
Dropping F-Bombs
Two staffers at Oberlin, working off hours, created website promoting their alma mater. Every line features a word most colleges would never use in their marketing.
Hype and Hope at Labor College
Ambitious online partnership between National Labor College and the Princeton Review ends, but big investment from the education company may help keep college viable.
A Controversial Investment
$10 million investment by U. of Texas in technology company with ties to a former chancellor and scant evidence of impact on graduation rates has raised eyebrows.
Far From Honorable
Researchers at Ohio University suggest that honor codes are not as effective for deterring cheating in fully online courses.