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Online Learning's Complex, Fractured Landscape
Survey of chief online officers shows enormous variation in how colleges define and structure digital education, in terms of pricing, program structure and use of instructional design.
Attainment Increases With Nondegree Credentials
A new report from the Institute of Education Sciences points out that focusing on postsecondary degrees alone excludes a significant...
Feds Come Around to OER -- Slowly
Congress has set aside $5 million for an open educational resources pilot program -- the most significant federal push for alternative textbooks. Advocates are encouraged.
Community College Debaters Win National Championship
For the first time in 25 years, students from a community college took home the National Collegiate Debate Championship trophy...
The Perils of Presidential Job-Hopping
Akron president is stepping down after he applied for job in Florida. Is the system good for anyone?
Digital Learning in ‘Inside Higher Ed’ This Week
Setting standards for flipping the classroom; Strayer expands its campus footprints, hoping to help its online students, too; online strategies for small private colleges.
Academic Minute: Tattoo Regret and Health Issues
Today on the Academic Minute, Greg Hall, assistant clinical professor at Case Western Reserve University, determines how toxic getting inked...
Opinion
Using Online Evaluations to Improve Instruction
When Steven Bell returned to the online classroom after a long hiatus, a training course persuaded him that student evaluations could actually be useful. He shares his tips for how professors can use the evaluations to make themselves better.