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Are Students Happier With Virtual Learning This Fall? A Little

Survey finds undergrads feel modestly more engaged -- especially when they think their professors have made an effort -- and are somewhat likelier to continue their educations.

The Power of Peer Interaction

New study shows student learning suffered during the switch to remote instruction last spring, but that small group activities helped reduce this loss.

Moving Into the Long Term

With some colleges and universities planning to continue online learning into the spring, students are now looking at over a year of learning from home. How will their well-being and academics be affected?

New Zoom Competitor Targets Higher Ed Users

Ed-tech start-up Engageli has raised $14.5 million to build a videoconferencing platform. Unlike Zoom, the platform has been purposefully designed with college and university faculty members and students in mind.

Faculty Confidence in Online Learning Grows

Survey finds significant increases in professors' confidence in virtual learning and their sense of support from their colleges -- but continuing concerns about equity for underrepresented students.

Innovators Seek Zoom University 2.0

Frustrated with Zoom's instructional limitations, developers and entrepreneurs take matters into their own hands.

Zoom Draws a Line

Videoconferencing provider refuses to stream a university event featuring a member of a terrorist organization. Academic freedom hawks see virtual teaching platforms as a new front in the fight for faculty rights.

A Long-Term Bet on Employer-Assisted Tuition Programs

Strategic Education Inc. and Noodle Partners launch new platform connecting employees to employer-subsidized college degrees.