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General Ed Cheap and Easy
Inside Higher Ed explores JumpCourse, an online education platform, after a former professor finds that a course lacks rigor and sophisticated sense of its subject matter -- even as the American Council on Education vouches for its quality.
Minecraft in the Classroom
University of Hull demonstrates pedagogical potential of world-building game.
Learning to Adapt
Newark's Essex County College tried adaptive learning software to improve remedial math success rates. It hasn't worked, as students and faculty have struggled with the "self-regulated" approach to learning.
Multiple Personalities, Disorder
Researchers at Harvard U and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology find a uniquely MOOC way of cheating.
Taking a Step Back
Middlebury will sell its stake in for-profit online language learning provider, an initiative that never sat right with many faculty members. But future online education initiatives are in the works.
'Women Supporting Women Online'
Bay Path University, a women's college, has expanded its enrollment by moving beyond its traditional student population. Can it find success online?
Defining College
Amid talk of higher education's possible disruption and unbundling, the Association of American Colleges & Universities stakes out an aggressive middle ground. Are people listening?
Establishment Goes Alternative
Seven major universities plan to create the University Learning Store, a joint web portal for microcredentials, featuring online content, assessments and tutoring.