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Oberlin Expands Its Reach
High school students will soon be able to earn college credit from Oberlin College for instruction neither delivered by the institution nor taught by its faculty members.
Online and Homegrown
California community colleges unveil online program that allows students to take courses across multiple campuses, a project that replaced a failed attempt to tap for-profit online course providers to meet student demand.
Michigan’s ‘Next Step’ in Technology
U of Michigan starts a “yearlong conversation” about innovation in the classroom to determine what a public research university should look like in the 21st century.
'Dream Big, Start Small'
The University of Illinois's iMBA program offers encouraging news about the viability of graduate degrees built on MOOCs.
The Tech-Enabled Scholar
New book explores what it means to be a scholar at a moment when every aspect of life in academe is being changed by technology.
'The Pulse': Autodesk's Randy Swearer
This month's edition of Inside Higher Ed's technology podcast features an interview with Randy Swearer of Autodesk.
Become a Doctor, No Lectures Required
U of Vermont's College of Medicine announces it will get rid of lecture courses and completely reshape the faculty role -- a first for a traditional medical school.
When a C Isn’t Good Enough
Data show that students who earn C's in foundational courses are much less likely to graduate. As a result, U of Arizona may require some C students to repeat a course.