Finding the 'sweet spot': 4 tips for moving classes online quickly

To help limit the spread of the coronavirus, colleges are taking instruction remote. But experts say careful planning and managing expectations is key.

By Hallie Busta • March 13, 2020

Blackboard to sell open-source LMS platform for $32M

By off-loading the unit, the company is shifting from a part of the learning management system market it once sought to serve.

By Hallie Busta • March 11, 2020

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Emerging Technology

As higher ed deals with enrollment declines and other challenges, colleges need to consider how increased and changing use of technology affects students and campus finances. 

By Higher Ed Dive staff

Ed Dept expands options for online learning in response to coronavirus

New guidance covering five scenarios waives or slackens certain approval processes and technology requirements for classes affected by an outbreak.

By Hallie Busta • March 6, 2020

As coronavirus concerns rise in US, colleges look online for continuity

Schools are planning for a short-term disruption in campus-based classes, but ed tech firms say their questions highlight a bigger trend.

By Hallie Busta • March 3, 2020

How one university is teaching through the coronavirus outbreak

New York University's Clay Shirky, vice provost for educational technologies, explains how the Shanghai campus is adapting for a hybrid semester.

By Hallie Busta • Feb. 14, 2020

2U plans 6 more bachelor's degrees with London School of Economics

The new programs, which cover economics, business and management, are geared toward adults and cost around $26,000.

By Natalie Schwartz • Feb. 4, 2020

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

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

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

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

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

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