Teaching & Learning

A university ramps up counseling services to meet the distinctive needs of online students (and their instructors).

Southern Utah's policies disadvantage students who take fewer credits -- like most who study online. The university is cutting the per-credit price by nearly a third as it tries to ramp up enrollment.

Students in the aggressive form of competency-based program typically complete faster, spend less and have better retention rates than their peers, Capella says after five years of offering the so-called direct-assessment programs.

This month's episode of the Pulse podcast features an interview with Anjli Jain, founder of Unifyed.

Arizona State creates another company partnership, called Cintana Education and led by the founder of Laureate Education, to work with universities in other countries to expand online and campus programs.

Outlier, from founder of MasterClass, aims to create high-quality, low-priced ($400) gen-ed courses to help community college students transfer. Credits will bear University of Pittsburgh's name.

The offerings include degrees in early childhood education, educational technology in learning, environmental science, health-care management and intellectual property and technology law.