Tech & Innovation

Number of students studying exclusively or partially online ballooned in fall 2020, especially among undergraduates and at public universities.

Combined entity will work with thousands of colleges across administrative and academic departments.

With their industry under scrutiny, two companies publish data on student outcomes and prices of online programs at their partner colleges. But the information skirts key financial questions.

Four actions to encourage students to take for better understanding of what data are collected about them and what control they may have over the use of their private information.

Unable to piece together all the different indicators, colleges and their instructors struggle to glean real wisdom, let alone adjust to a student’s needs, write Cathy O’Bryan and Bhavin Shah.

Colleges are taking different approaches in terms of how they’re using online learning in the second fall with COVID.

Massachusetts university system will align with adult-serving online institution in California, aiming to create a major national player in online learning.

New report finds most first-year students struggled to learn when the pandemic moved classes online -- in part because of limited access to technology and resources.