Online Enrollment at Community Colleges Slows

While enrollment continued to rise, the pace fell compared to previous years

By Sean Griffey • April 25, 2012

Blackboard Introduces Product to Support Massive Open Online Courses

With the open enrollment option, any number and any type of student can register for an instructor's course, allowing the platform to be used for open teaching initiatives, community outreach or collaborative research

By Sean Griffey • April 24, 2012

Cleveland State University to Deliver 100% Online Mobile Accelerated MBA

Program was initially launched as a pilot in January with a limited number of "beta" students. Starting today, the program will be available to anyone who meets admission criteria.

By Sean Griffey • April 24, 2012

How the iPad is Changing Education

As tablets are increasingly finding their way into the classroom, ReadWriteWeb explores how they are impacting education.

By Sean Griffey • April 23, 2012

Princeton, Penn and Michigan Join the Online Party

Massively Open Online Courses (MOOCs) are a growing trend in the maturing online education landscape.

By Sean Griffey • April 18, 2012

Former Kaplan Employees Settle Lawsuit; Withdraw Whistle-Blower Case

The terms of the settlement remain confidential

By Sean Griffey • April 11, 2012

The Biggest Mistake You (Probably) Make with Teams

Collaboration improves when the roles of individual team members are clearly defined and well understood

By Sean Griffey • April 6, 2012

$25 million investment backs startup aiming to create elite university

New initiative with prominent backers aims to create an elite online university

By Sean Griffey • April 4, 2012

Penn State Launches Initiative to Accelerate Online Learning

Penn State World Campus has introduced a new initiative aimed at dramatically growing its global online business

By Sean Griffey • March 29, 2012

What's More Expensive Than College? Not Going to College

There is a cost to not educating young people. The evidence is around us and all over the world.

By Sean Griffey • March 28, 2012

More Colleges Join Age of Assessing Student Learning

Hundreds of colleges are testing freshmen and seniors to measure learning from enrollment to graduation. More than 100 schools have voluntarily published results from new learning assessments, offering parents, prospective students and government regulators a gauge of the value colleges add to the acquisition of knowledge and critical thinking skills.

By Sean Griffey • March 19, 2012

Universities Turn to Outsourced Professors to Cut Costs

Colleges and universities struggling with dwindling budgets and smaller endowments are increasingly turning to outsourcing faculty in order to cut costs.

By Sean Griffey • March 19, 2012

Former ASU professors threatens litigation over online course ownership

Jeff MacSwan and Kellie Rolstad, a husband-and-wife team at Arizona State University, heard rumors last year that courses they designed for an online program were being used without their permission.

By Sean Griffey • March 14, 2012

Five Quick Classroom Management Tips for Novice Teachers

Rebecca Abler from edutopia outlines 5 tips to manage a classroom

By Sean Griffey • March 13, 2012

Blended Learning: Adding Asynchronous Discussions to Your F2F Classrooms

We have all done it: "participated" in a face-to-face discussion, nodding along in agreement, but not really present. Many of us have sat in discussions, afraid to throw in our two cents because we might sound silly. On other occasions, we have had a fantastic idea to share, but the ...

By Eli Dickinson • March 2, 2012