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Top Hat raises $55M to expand digital courseware, OER
The funding will help grow publisher partnerships and support the company's efforts to help instructors create and use digitized textbooks and OER.
By Hallie Busta • Feb. 4, 2020 -
Head of California's Calbright online college resigns
Heather Hiles' departure comes just a few months after the experimental addition to the California Community Colleges System opened.
By Natalie Schwartz • Jan. 13, 2020 -
The quest to scale undergraduate education online continues, but can it work?
EdX and other learning companies are enlisting traditional universities to help create more inroads to college, but earlier attempts show potential hurdles.
By Natalie Schwartz • Jan. 10, 2020 -
Southern New Hampshire U makes bid for Pennsylvania's community college graduates
The online giant struck a second statewide agreement with a community college system that aims to lower costs for transfer students.
By Natalie Schwartz • Jan. 9, 2020 -
Deep Dive
What 2U's year of change says about the state of online learning
The OPM is reacting to increased competition in higher ed by finding new ways to reach students, but its public profile shows how high the stakes can be.
By Hallie Busta • Dec. 19, 2019 -
Adult learner enrollment keeps sliding, new data shows
A strong economy has many prospective students heading to the workforce, but a looming contraction could change that trend.
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • Dec. 17, 2019 -
How 4 ed tech execs see the future of postsecondary learning
We checked in with leaders of skills training, credentialing and online learning companies to get their thoughts on what's ahead.
By Hallie Busta • Dec. 6, 2019 -
Deep Dive
What employers want from colleges in tuition benefit partnerships
We asked leaders from Walmart, Chipotle, JetBlue and Uber how they're using education benefits as more companies connect them to their bottom line.
By Hallie Busta • Nov. 26, 2019 -
Deep Dive
Will online learning help 4-year colleges weather the next recession?
Colleges that can scale their distance programs will be better prepared in the event of another downturn that sends more adults back to school.
By Liz Farmer • Nov. 21, 2019 -
Q&A
EdX's co-CEO answers 3 questions about higher ed's future
We're asking execs across the sector about changes ahead. First up: The MOOC platform's Adam Medros discusses alternative credentials.
By Hallie Busta • Nov. 19, 2019 -
Q&A
InStride funders expect more colleges to tap corporate tuition benefit market
Two partners of The Rise Fund, which partnered with Arizona State to launch the workforce education venture, discuss higher ed's role in the growing trend.
By Hallie Busta • Nov. 13, 2019 -
Ed Dept outlines decision to keep Grand Canyon U for-profit
In a letter shared with Education Dive, the department claims separating the university aimed "to drive shareholder value." Grand Canyon has pushed back.
By Hallie Busta • Updated Nov. 13, 2019 -
Nondegree programs drive 2U's Q3, future plans
Enrollment growth during the period and efforts to streamline operations have the company continuing to eye programs its new CFO calls "more capital-light."
By Hallie Busta • Updated Dec. 13, 2019 -
Grand Canyon U: Ed Dept to treat it as for-profit for Title IV funding
During a call with analysts Wednesday, executives said the department had responded to its preacquisition review for the 2018 spinoff of the university.
By Hallie Busta • Updated Nov. 7, 2019 -
15 higher ed groups push for credential transparency
They hope doing so will help institutions better explain the value of the credentials they offer, adding momentum to a growing effort.
By Hallie Busta • Nov. 5, 2019 -
How 11 universities are using their 'collective scale' to solve higher ed's problems
Bridget Burns, the University Innovation Alliance's executive director, explains how the group is finding common ground and what other schools can learn.
By Hallie Busta • Nov. 4, 2019 -
Uber adds food-delivery drivers to free degree program
The benefit reflects growing interest among employers in subsidizing postsecondary credentials as a way to recruit and retain workers.
By Alicia Kelso , Hallie Busta • Oct. 31, 2019 -
Report: Why stopped-out students reenroll
One million students are back on the path to degrees and colleges should be ready, says the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center.
By Hallie Busta • Oct. 30, 2019 -
3 ways to improve online students' experience
Classes designed to teach online learners how to succeed are among the ways colleges are working to improve their higher ed experience.
By Natalie Schwartz • Oct. 17, 2019 -
2U’s latest program shows potential challenges of hands-on learning online
Taking one university's architecture degree virtual will require creative approaches for adopting a historically in-person curriculum.
By Hallie Busta • Oct. 15, 2019 -
National University gets $350M gift, new name
As one of the largest gifts to higher ed this year, the unrestricted donation will help the nonprofit expand access to college for adult learners.
By Hallie Busta • Oct. 8, 2019 -
Coursera opens its course catalog for colleges to scale gen eds, add training
The offer of about 3,600 online classes shows MOOC providers are finding more ways to work with traditional higher education institutions.
By Hallie Busta • Oct. 4, 2019 -
Kenzie Academy nabs $7.8M in Series A funding to grow online
The funds will be used to expand online courses for the boot camp, which focuses on markets besides coastal hubs, said its CEO, Chok Ooi.
By Hallie Busta • Sept. 30, 2019 -
Q&A
A new map for a diversifying OPM market
As colleges expand online, their relationships with third-party specialists are evolving, explains the co-founder of market research firm HolonIQ.
By Hallie Busta • Sept. 27, 2019 -
Walmart adds health degrees to $1-a-day education benefit
The news follows an expansion of the program in June and it comes as the retailer grows its footprint in the health care sector.
By Hallie Busta • Sept. 25, 2019
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