EdCast CEO: The multiversity can help fend off MOOC disruption

While his company utilizes MOOCs as an open resource, Karl Mehta says its platform doesn't require institutions to give up intellectual property and students to third parties.

By Roger Riddell • Oct. 21, 2014

National data exchange will help boost community college degrees

More students will be able to receive their associate degrees with the help of reverse credit transfers thanks to the new exchange.

By Keith Button • Oct. 21, 2014

Stanford tops 2013 college fundraising list

Stanford University raised $931.6 million from private donors in 2013, the most of any U.S. college or university.

By Keith Button • Oct. 21, 2014

Rice University launches first AP MOOCs on edX

The free course covers AP Biology and would soon be followed by courses from Boston University, MIT, and more.

By Keith Button • Oct. 21, 2014

Burlington College selling lakefront property to pay down debt

To help pay down $11.4 million in debt, the Vermont college is proposing a sale of 25 of the 32 acres it bought in 2010.

By Keith Button • Oct. 21, 2014

Higher ed hits the campaign trail

Democratic Congressional candidates are putting higher education issues in the spotlight against their 2014 mid-term opponents.

By Keith Button • Oct. 21, 2014

Pumpkin festival riot at NH's Keene State injures 26

Photos and videos are under review, and the college's president says students involved may be expelled.

By Keith Button • Oct. 20, 2014

Final Clery Act revisions released by Ed Department

The U.S. Department of Education released its final rules for Clery Act requirements of colleges and universities.

By Keith Button • Oct. 20, 2014

Stanford president still sees 'tsunami' headed for higher ed

John Hennessy spoke to the Washington Post about a range of higher ed topics, including MOOCs, sexual assault prevention, and federal policy.

By Keith Button • Oct. 20, 2014

U of Oklahoma marching band spends $20K to criticize school's president

The band bought more than a half-dozen full-page newspaper ads in Oklahoma and Texas.

By Keith Button • Oct. 20, 2014

Walla Walla A&S faculty votes no confidence president

The 'bullying' community college president still has the backing of trustees.

By Keith Button • Oct. 20, 2014

Texas thinks again on MOOC investments

University of Texas officials are done paying for more development of MOOCs, but they're still encouraging schools to develop new additions.

By Keith Button • Oct. 17, 2014

UCLA lab fire cost $4.5M in legal fees

Taxpayers reportedly footed the bill for defending the school and a chemistry professor from criminal charges in a 2008 lab fire that killed a research assistant.

By Keith Button • Oct. 17, 2014

These 7 ed tech solutions will split $20M from the Gates Foundation

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is set to fund several projects that help poor students succeed in large-enrollment lower-level college courses.

By Keith Button • Oct. 17, 2014

Helix Education hires Cherron Hoppes as chief academic officer

Hoppes previously served as dean of undergraduate programs for the Ageno School of Business at San Francisco's Golden Gate University.

By Keith Button • Oct. 17, 2014

Can renowned Wikipedian help Boundless do the same for textbooks?

SJ Klein, a Wikimedia Foundation Trustee who began contributing to the site in 2004, will now serve as an advisor to Boundless.

By Roger Riddell • Oct. 16, 2014

CU-Boulder reinstates philosophy grad admissions

The philosophy department has declared progress on reforms to turn around a culture of sexual harassment.

By Keith Button • Oct. 16, 2014

Learning Technology Partners locked in legal battle with Texas university

The LMS provider and San Antonio's University of the Incarnate Word are suing each other over a disagreement about who was responsible for usage and capacity problems.

By Keith Button • Oct. 16, 2014

These 10 secret societies are among higher ed's most mysterious

Whether it be through pop-culture speculation, conspiracy theories, pranks, or good deeds, these organizations have brought their institutions a fair amount of attention over the years.

By Alex Nowicki • Oct. 16, 2014

Disinvited speaker paid $26K by Pasadena City College

Oscar-winning screenwriter Dustin Lance Black was paid $26,050 not to sue after leaked sex tape photos canceled his commencement speech.

By Keith Button • Oct. 16, 2014

Fullbridge Inc. wins $5M in funding career coaching

The company matches college students and graduates with professionals for coaching and extensive training for the workplace.

By Keith Button • Oct. 16, 2014

Florida's public universities avoid public disclosures

The institutions are reportedly creating private corporations that claim they don't have to disclose information to the public.

By Keith Button • Oct. 15, 2014

FutureLearn CEO: MOOCs are overhyped

Massive open online courses aren't as great as their founding fathers claimed, but they also aren't as bad as their detractors say, says Simon Nelson.

By Keith Button • Oct. 15, 2014

Harvard law profs: New sex misconduct policy violates rights of the accused

A Boston Globe op-ed criticizing the new policy was signed by 28 current and retired professors from Harvard Law School.

By Keith Button • Oct. 15, 2014

Texas' Navarro College reportedly rejects Nigerian applicants due to Ebola scare

The community college allegedly notified some applicants that international student applications from countries with Ebola outbreaks were automatically rejected.

By Keith Button • Oct. 15, 2014