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Harvard Profs Push Back
58 arts and sciences faculty members want a committee created to consider ethical issues related to the MOOC provider edX -- not just for the university, but for higher education broadly.
Doctoring the Doctorate
Stanford pledges to pay for a master's in education for humanities Ph.D.s who want to become high school teachers.
Opinion
Higher Ed in 2018
Jeb Bush and Randy Best predict a period of significant change for colleges and universities -- from a provider-driven model to a consumer-driven model.
Virtual Lab Experiment
The Cal State chancellor's office is looking to break the course bottleneck and, in the process, could change life sciences education by ending in-person lab experience for many non-majors.
The Pulse: Citrix and Higher Ed
This month's edition of the Pulse podcast features an interview with Max James, national sales manager for education at Citrix, which provides GoToMeeting, GoToWebinar, and other web conferencing tools.
The Digital Sociology Classroom
Departments are offering online courses and making use of new tools for teaching, survey finds.
Three Out of 2U
Top-tier universities said in November they would work with 2U for a project known as Semester Online. As this fall’s launch date approaches, several have backed away.
Trying to 'Reset' Online Fight
A report aims to reframe a hot debate in California over online education as lawmakers get ready to work on the state's budget.