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Online M.B.A. Reboot
U of Southern California becomes the latest institution to launch an online M.B.A. program, joining what program directors describe as a market in an “experimental phase.”
MOOCs for (a Year's) Credit
Arizona State U, in partnership with edX, will award a freshman year's worth of academic credit through massive open online courses.
The Increasingly Digital Community College
Distance learning programs at community colleges continue to grow even as two-year institutions' enrollment falls.
A Piece of the Online Pie
Academic Partnerships will push for synchronous content in an upcoming platform update, offering instructors who participate a share of the revenue.
Online Penalty
Large study of California community college students finds that they are more likely to succeed in in-person courses.
Online Expansion Held Back
Yale U.'s hybrid physician assistant program hits an accreditation snag -- a win for critics who have wanted the program to be evaluated as a stand-alone offering.
A Higher Profile
LinkedIn buys lynda.com for $1.5 billion, adding online courses to the job networking site's growing portfolio of higher education-related tools.
Surveying the MOOC Landscape
An updated study of massive open online courses from Harvard U. and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology finds diverse learner populations and interests -- and the need for more research.