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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.
ProQuest Acquires SIPX
The researcher and library service provider makes another investment in simplifying the discovery of scholarly content with the addition of the Silicon Valley-based start-up.
NITLE Sunsets
The organization, which has helped liberal arts colleges integrate technology into their curriculums, faces an uncertain future.
The Pulse: Learning to Code
This month's edition of "The Pulse" podcast explores the question: Should everyone learn to code?
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.
In Due Time
Apart from cases such as Oral Roberts U.'s smartwatch pilot, experiments with the "internet of things" are still years away at most colleges and universities -- but questions about privacy and cheating remain.