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The Messy Conversation Around Online Cost and Quality
Asked to explain how they balance financial and academic considerations, administrators and professors say quality is key but struggle to define it.
How Families Navigate the Growing Cost of College
A New York University anthropologist argues in a new book that the middle class is increasingly defined by dilemmas over how to pay for college costs.
Opinion
Faculty Members Are the Key to Solving the Retention Challenge
It is essential to build a culture of success for students in the classroom, department by department, writes Carl J. Strikwerda.
Digital Learning in ‘Inside Higher Ed’ This Week
Among the topics: helping students sound smarter on email; orientations for adult learners; interview with Sasha Thackaberry.
Job Changes in Digital Learning
Recent hires and promotions in the fields of online learning and digital innovation, at AASCU, Des Moines Area CC, Illinois, Maryville, Unity College and UNC Chapel Hill.
Meeting the Mental Health Needs of Online Students
A university ramps up counseling services to meet the distinctive needs of online students (and their instructors).
Academic Minute: Interpreting the Voices We Hear
Today on the Academic Minute, Nicole Holliday, assistant professor of linguistics at Pomona College, discusses what the sound of your...
Growing Price Tag for College Shutdowns
The federal government has approved more than $43 million for debt cancellation for students of recently shuttered for-profit colleges. And the total costs are likely to grow.