Carnegie Mellon mistakenly sends acceptance email to 800 applicants

The university apologized about seven hours later, blaming 'serious mistakes in our process for generating acceptance letters.'

By Keith Button • Feb. 20, 2015

Stereotypes discourage women from entering STEM majors

Is broadening the stereotypes — as opposed to completely overhauling them — the answer?

By Keith Button • Feb. 20, 2015

Putting a bounty on bugs: Instructure's Wade Billings on securing data

The cloud-based LMS provider recently took its proactively approach to security a step further by offering hackers a bounty.

By Roger Riddell • Feb. 19, 2015

City College of San Francisco accreditor ordered to reconsider 2013 decision

A lawsuit against the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges came to a close with the college in restoration status, giving it two years to come into compliance.

By Keith Button • Feb. 19, 2015

Adaptive learning comes to Cengage's MindTap

The first round of material incorporating the tech will be for sociology and management courses.

By Keith Button • Feb. 19, 2015

New York Times launching ed initiative with CIG Education Group

The partnership will see the newspaper offer pre-college and college-level courses starting this fall.

By Keith Button • Feb. 19, 2015

What will measure the success of Obama's community college plan?

A New York Times columnist argues that graduation rates, not a simple enrollment boost, are the measuring stick for the proposed program.

By Keith Button • Feb. 19, 2015

Instructure raises $40M ahead of looming IPO

According to some reports, the amount of Series E funding raised by the owner of the Canvas learning management platform may be as high as $70 million.

By Keith Button • Feb. 19, 2015

EF exec details company's approach to rethinking standardized testing

Education First Executive Director Yerrie Kim says the company wants to change the perception of standardized test scores and how the exams are used.

By Roger Riddell • Feb. 18, 2015

Paul Quinn College to lower tuition by putting students to work

The private HBCU, located in Texas, will require all of its students to work on campus or at local businesses in exchange for reduced tuition bills.

By Keith Button • Feb. 18, 2015

Codecademy still not looking for revenues

With 24 million users of its free coding education services, Codecademy's CEO says he's still focused on growth, not monetization.

By Keith Button • Feb. 18, 2015

MIT adds to short-course lineup

Over 40 short courses, which last one to five days and target professionals, are now available from the Ivy League institution.

By Keith Button • Feb. 18, 2015

Maryville U receives $125K to develop elementary robotics curriculum

The Monsanto Fund grant will fund a program based on LEGO WeDo robotics to improve STEM achievement among low-income students.

By Allie Gross • Feb. 18, 2015

New app scans student faces for attendance

A Missouri University of Science and Technology computer science professor has developed a facial recognition app that lets instructors take attendance by scanning lecture halls with their phones.

By Keith Button • Feb. 18, 2015

Stanford brings simulated touch to haptics MOOC

Students are presented the opportunity to build their own sensory device to help them learn about the science of touch.

By Keith Button • Feb. 17, 2015

Higher ed regulations lambasted in Congressional task force report

The report calls for relief from the federal regulations and a better process for developing new rules.

By Keith Button • Feb. 17, 2015

Infusing Technology in a School of Nursing

Sponsored by: Barbara Blackwell EdD, RN-BC Background Nurses have several things in common, but one of the first commonalities that all nurses share is their requirement to practice and obtain a license by successfully passing the National Council Licensing Exam (NCLEX-RN). This exam h...

Feb. 17, 2015

STEM bachelor's degree coming to Washington state community college

Washington is among states attempting to meet STEM demand by allowing four-year degrees at community colleges, but such programs could face significant nontraditional competition.

By Keith Button • Feb. 17, 2015

California cuts Corinthian subsidary off from aid payments

Heald College's 'at-risk reimbursement status' is the latest headache for the shuttering for-profit college chain as it attempts to sell off its campuses.    

By Keith Button • Feb. 17, 2015

What obligations do higher ed institutions have under U.S. sanctions law?

A policy enacted at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst prevents Iranian students from enrolling in certain science and engineering programs.

By Keith Button • Feb. 17, 2015

University researchers under attack from 'abusive' open records requests

Activists are using Freedom of Information laws to request massive numbers of emails and documents from university researchers.  

By Eli Dickinson • Feb. 14, 2015

Coding schools and in-flight MOOCs: The week's most read education news

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By Roger Riddell • Feb. 13, 2015

MA insurance firm funding $2M data science program at 2 colleges

MassMutual will pay for five data science faculty positions at Mount Holyoke College and Smith College.

By Keith Button • Feb. 13, 2015

Ed tech incubator LearnLaunch making Latin American expansion

A Boston educational technology firm is funding the expansion of a Boston-based ed tech incubator to Mexico.

By Keith Button • Feb. 13, 2015

Report: Performance-based funding most effective when stakes are raised

A report sponsored by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation finds that performance-based public college funding programs are most effective when larger amounts of state funding are at stake.

By Keith Button • Feb. 13, 2015