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Former Student, Fair Game?
Institutions tend to either ban student-faculty dating altogether or where a supervisory relationship exists. But they don't ever say professors can't date students who were recently -- sometimes very recently -- in their classes.
MOOC Platforms' New Model Draws Big Bet From Investors
Australian company's investment of roughly $165 million in Coursera and FutureLearn suggests open course providers have found a viable business model. Not everyone is sold.
Partnership Seeks to Bolster Information on Digital Credentials
Credential Engine, creator of a national directory of degrees, diplomas, digital badges and other nondegree credentials, is teaming up with...
Failure to Launch
A new report explains how and why a public-private partnership that sought to help more community college students transfer to selective universities failed.
Too Light a Punishment?
Advocates are disheartened that a judge has reduced the criminal sentences of former Penn State fraternity brothers involved in one of the most horrific hazing cases in memory.
Who Gets Extra Time on the SAT? The Affluent
Students who attend wealthy high schools appear more likely than those who attend low-income high schools to get extra time...
Study on Prison-Based College Program
The RAND Corporation and RTI International, both nonprofit research organizations, this week released a study that evaluated a five-year college...
Academic Minute: Early Childhood Care
Today on the Academic Minute, Stephanie Jones, professor of early childhood development at Harvard University, looks into how to study...