For-profit merger highlights sector's growing interest in healthcare

Post University plans to acquire American Sentinel University, an online nursing school based in Colorado. 

By Natalie Schwartz • Feb. 2, 2021

More colleges are partnering with boot camps to tap demand for short-term programs

Institutions are lending their credibility to outside education providers as they seek help keeping pace with fast-changing technical fields.

By Natalie Schwartz • Feb. 1, 2021

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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

Activist investors urge Adtalem to pull plug on Walden U purchase

Two firms suggested the company use a recent federal probe into the for-profit college as a reason to walk away from the $1.5 billion deal.

By Natalie Schwartz • Jan. 21, 2021

Another study links college campus reopenings and local coronavirus outbreaks

The researchers examined 30 schools, around half of which saw cases spike within the first two weeks of fall classes.

By Natalie Schwartz • Jan. 13, 2021

Our biggest stories of 2020

More younger students are going to online colleges, a growing role for OPMs and other deep dives from the year.

By Hallie Busta • Dec. 22, 2020

Southern New Hampshire sets annual tuition at $10K and $15K for in-person degrees

The university teased the change earlier this year as a way to make college more affordable in the pandemic's wake.

By Natalie Schwartz • Dec. 16, 2020

Are MOOCs getting a second wind as colleges look online for gen ed classes?

Several companies offering premade virtual courses are seeing more interest from investors and schools, which could solidify an uncertain business model.

By Natalie Schwartz • Dec. 16, 2020

What can community colleges learn from a Great Recession grant program?

Several schools used TAACCCT funds to support collaboration and reach more students. A new report shares takeaways.

By Natalie Schwartz • Dec. 10, 2020

How to support a digital transformation institution-wide

Learn from higher education leaders and faculty as they share how their institutions were able to successfully transition to remote learning.

By Kallum Gagnier • Dec. 10, 2020

U of Arizona finalizes Ashford acquisition. What's next?

Faculty shared ideas for moving forward and Arizona's president raised a new way to absorb the for-profit college during a meeting ahead of the deal's close.

By Hallie Busta • Dec. 1, 2020

Why 4-year colleges are tapping Amazon to help deliver cloud computing degrees

Amazon Web Services is one of a handful of tech employers, including Google and Microsoft, helping colleges offer credentials in the field.

By Natalie Schwartz • Nov. 25, 2020

Noodle snaps up HotChalk assets, growing marketing capacity

The decision helps the OPM expand its internal services as consolidation across the sector continues.

By Hallie Busta • Nov. 20, 2020

Ashford U's accreditor signs off on ownership change

The new entity must be "differentiated effectively" from the University of Arizona and its affiliates, the WASC Senior College and University Commission said.

By Hallie Busta • Nov. 16, 2020

President Speaks: How Southern New Hampshire is getting tuition to $10K per year

Paul LeBlanc gives an update on the university's progress toward a goal of offering students a lower price point and a wider range of modalities.

By Paul LeBlanc • Nov. 10, 2020

Higher Learning Commission removes barrier for Walden U sale

The accreditor dropped its governmental investigation designation for the school after the Justice Department declined to take up a lawsuit against it.

By Natalie Schwartz • Updated May 4, 2021

Western Governors spins off college readiness program as a nonprofit

The move helps open the new online academy up to work with other colleges. 

By Natalie Schwartz • Nov. 5, 2020

American Public Education's purchase of Rasmussen U grows nursing footprint

The $329 million deal comes as more for-profit colleges look to expand in healthcare education.

By Hallie Busta • Oct. 30, 2020

These companies are redesigning 'Zoom University'

Two startups run by ed tech experts are tailoring videoconferencing software for use in virtual college classrooms, but their approaches differ.

By Hallie Busta • Oct. 27, 2020

2U, Netflix partner to bring tuition-free boot camps to HBCU

Up to 130 students and recent alumni from Virginia's Norfolk State University will be able to enroll in the fully online programs.

By Natalie Schwartz • Oct. 22, 2020

How COVID-19 is changing the business of online learning for colleges

The sector went remote in a flash. We explore how the changes could impact the kind of virtual instruction schools offer.

By Natalie Schwartz , Hallie Busta , Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • Oct. 20, 2020

Did colleges' quick move online ready faculty for a long-term shift?

You can't "unexpand what people now know," one instructor said. But logistics, cost and burnout are likely barriers to permanent virtual expansion.

By Hallie Busta • Oct. 20, 2020

Hands-on professional programs weigh a future online

The pandemic forced disciplines such as medicine and law to make unforeseen and unprecedented adjustments that may stick around.

By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • Oct. 20, 2020

Colleges look to OPMs as pandemic intensifies shift online

The companies are helping schools quickly move online while laying groundwork for future business, accelerating pre-pandemic trends.

By Natalie Schwartz • Oct. 20, 2020

Faculty confidence in online learning grew this summer, survey finds

However, instructors say they want more hands-on practice with teaching digitally and help supporting students. 

By Natalie Schwartz • Oct. 6, 2020

The shift online has colleges looking to share courses

Dozens of institutions have joined consortia for exchanging online classes since the pandemic began, and new options have sprung up.

By Alia Wong • Updated Oct. 5, 2020