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Will Higher Ed Keep AI in Check?
Machine learning and artificial intelligence carry inherent risks to colleges and universities and their students -- but only if the people making the decisions fail to exert control over the tools’ influence, Fred Singer argues.
How to Identify High-Quality Research
Research reports are a dime a dozen, even on an emerging focus area like online education. The Report Reader Checklist...
No Penalty for Western Governors
Trump administration rejects findings from a 2017 inspector general audit that found the online giant WGU out of compliance and recommended that it pay back $713 million in federal aid.
Purdue’s Online Strategy, Beyond ‘Global’
The Indiana university will expand online with support from the entity formerly known as for-profit Kaplan. Plans reflect debate over how two unlike institutions can (and should) combine strengths.
Slow Burn for OER Adoption, Awareness
The number of instructors aware of and using OER continues to grow -- but many remain out of the loop. Will the market continue to shift?
(Early) Signs of (Modest) Online Saturation
Does a small decline in the share of all academic programs that are delivered at a distance suggest that online has peaked?
Opinion
The Language of MOOCs
Can providers of massive open online courses achieve their goal of educating the most possible people when their offerings are overwhelmingly in English? No, Roberto Rey Agudo argues.
‘Neuromyth’ or Helpful Model?
A nearly century-old idea about learning remains “ubiquitous” despite scant scientific evidence to back it up, many experts say. But others still see value in the concept.