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U.S. Push for Free Online Courses
Obama administration may propose "open" classes and create "National Skills College" to coordinate offerings at high schools and community colleges. Other help for 2-year institutions may include $10 billion facilities loan fund.
The Evidence on Online Education
It is superior in student learning to face-to-face instruction, says new meta-analysis from Education Department. And "blended" education does better still.
Foxes Guard Illinois Henhouse
University of Illinois trustees have yet to condemn the president or chancellor for a widespread admissions scandal. Maybe that's because the trustees are implicated, too.
Brigham Young Lifts Ban on YouTube
Brigham Young University on Friday ended its blocking of YouTube on the university network, The Salt Lake Tribune reported. Students...
Goals for World Conference on Higher Ed
With the World Conference on Higher Education -- sponsored by the United National Scientific and Cultural Organization -- scheduled to...
2 Arizona Grad Students Arrested in Brazil
Two University of Arizona graduate students and another researcher were arrested in Brazil, and then freed on bail, on charges...
Ambiguous Status Is Costly to 4 Pennsylvania Universities
Pennsylvania State University and other "state-related" institutions in Pennsylvania -- Lincoln and Temple Universities and the University of Pittsburgh --...
New Dickinson Plan to Encourage Public Service
Dickinson College is introducing a new fellowship program to encourage public service and allow students to take a "gap year"...