Parchment study highlights student demand for digital credentials

With a new white paper showing that most students think digital credentials would be useful, it’s now up to traditional institutions to deliver.

By Tara García Mathewson • April 24, 2015

Study finds low racial, gender diversity in CIO pipeline

 Just 9% of CIOs and 2% of lower-level tech leaders are reported as non-white.

By Tara García Mathewson • April 24, 2015

New study examines role of student trustees

Researchers at the Pullias Center for Higher Education found that short term lengths limited the student position's overall efficacy.

By Tara García Mathewson • April 24, 2015

Common Application question draws fire

Should colleges be able to add a question about where else students are applying?

By Tara García Mathewson • April 24, 2015

ASU, edX eye gen ed with for-credit 'Global Freshman Academy' MOOCs

The series of eight digital courses led by ASU faculty will allow students to earn freshman-level credit without having to pay until they finish.

By Roger Riddell • April 23, 2015

Texas plan to cut veterans' tuition benefits takes step forward

The bill would limit the number of free credit hours for veterans and their children.

By Tara García Mathewson • April 23, 2015

Carnegie Mellon gets $1M for ed tech

A grant from the Carnegie Corporation will support work on technology-enhanced learning methods for improving student outcomes.

By Tara García Mathewson • April 23, 2015

Carnegie grants $6.4M to humanities and social science research

The Carnegie Corporation’s inaugural class of 32 fellows will get one to two years for research and writing in areas including political inequality, nuclear weapons, and racism.

By Tara García Mathewson • April 23, 2015

Duncan acknowledges possible loan forgiveness for Corinthian students

The process for such a move remains unclear, as there is little precedent.

By Tara García Mathewson • April 23, 2015

Stony Brook U facing challenge to chimp captivity

A Manhattan judge ordered the university to defend its possession of two caged chimpanzees in May.

By Tara García Mathewson • April 23, 2015

IMS Global pushes to expand online credentialing

The learning consortium will focus its energies on encouraging the proliferation of badges and other digital credentials.

By Tara García Mathewson • April 22, 2015

Community colleges becoming harder to lead

Current and former college presidents say finding successors is hard due to shifting expectations and new pressures.

By Tara García Mathewson • April 22, 2015

Online course platform to give faculty a cut

Academic Partnerships plans to institute a revenue sharing plan with instructors, acknowledging the extra work of blended learning.

By Tara García Mathewson • April 22, 2015

New book looks to U of Montana town's role in addressing campus rape

Jon Krakauer’s 'Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town' focuses mostly on the local police department, but the University of Montana also plays a role.

By Tara García Mathewson • April 22, 2015

Will Clinton push for 'debt-free' higher ed?

The most liberal arm of the Democratic Party is pushing the presidential hopeful to support a debt-free college plan as part of her campaign.

By Tara García Mathewson • April 22, 2015

Campus Steps, a 'LinkedIn for high school students,' raises $3M

The network is currently in use at 6,300 U.S. high schools, allowing students to fill out questionnaires that ultimately assist their college counselors in advising them.

By Roger Riddell • April 21, 2015

ProctorU CEO: Online learning is coming back to campus

Co-founder and CEO Don Kassner says institutions are increasingly interested in ProctorU's ID verification services for their on-campus courses as well as those offered online.

By Roger Riddell • April 21, 2015

Total production time for online courses expected to fall

A new study sees online course development taking as much time as traditional courses as pedagogy adapts to the model.

By Tara García Mathewson • April 21, 2015

Campuses boosting funds and bandwidth for ResNet, says report

The 2015 State of ResNet report also found that security, tablet use, and wireless coverage have all stagnated or slipped.

By Tara García Mathewson • April 21, 2015

'True' cost of attendance troubles college sports

Athletic departments at many institutions will now begin to offer athletic scholarships covering more than tuition, calling cost estimates into question.

By Tara García Mathewson • April 21, 2015

Retention-focused Full Measure Education raises $5.5M

Founded by original Blackboard team member Greg Davies, the startup aims to address high dropout rates.

By Tara García Mathewson • April 21, 2015

$4M allocated for development of federal college rating system

The Department of Education reportedly contracted the nonprofit Research Triangle Institute in December to create a model for rating colleges and universities.

By Tara García Mathewson • April 21, 2015

Computer-Based Testing & Assessment Platform Helps Tufts University PA Program

Implementing the ExamSoft Assessment Platform into Tufts’ Physician Assistant Program benefited the faculty, students and school’s financial bottom line.

By Richard E. Murphy, PA-C, MBA • April 21, 2015

UW-Madison bracing for layoffs, program closures

Some are calling Chancellor Rebecca Blank's announcement projecting 400 jobs to be slashed premature because state funding is still being debated.

By Tara García Mathewson • April 20, 2015

Despite shrinking degree totals, humanities depts holding steady

A new report from the American Academy of Arts and Sciences brings data to the discussion about the field.

By Tara García Mathewson • April 20, 2015