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Online Learning Consortium Honors 'Effective' Practices
The Online Learning Consortium yesterday announced eight winners of its annual Effective Practice Awards. The honors reward "effective techniques, strategies...
Ashford Seeks to Become a Nonprofit
Ashford University is the latest big for-profit bidding to become nonprofit. The university's owner, Bridgepoint Education, will seek to become an online program management company.
European Rules (and Big Fines) for American Colleges
Despite the deadline being less than three months away, few colleges are prepared for strict new European data-protection rules.
Confusion Over Distance Education Rules
Colleges seek guidance about looming federal requirement for online colleges to tell students whether academic programs meet licensing requirements in their home states.
Race and Gender Bias in Online Courses
Study finds instructors are much more likely to respond to comments from white male students than from others.
Purdue Global's Arrival
Accreditor's backing of the Purdue-Kaplan deal paves the way for a new, unusual public university, while giving a boost to other for-profit conversions, partnerships and acquisitions.
Trial and Error: Revamping Instructional Design -- and the Semester Schedule
A university mandate to switch from quarters to the semester system prompted a new approach to instructional design.
New Online Programs
Colleges begin academic programs in civil engineering, enterprise architecture, liberal studies, TESOL, and occupational health applied sciences, among other disciplines.