Inside Higher Ed by Mark Lieberman University system’s program will let residential students enroll at no charge in online courses from any of the system’s 23 campuses — not just the one where they’re enrolled. Many institutions allow residential students to dabble in online courses as they work through their schedule of […]
Inside Higher Ed by Lindsay McKenzie Canvas has unseated Blackboard Learn as the leading LMS at U.S. colleges and universities, according to new data from MindWires Consulting. In a blog post on Monday, Michael Feldstein, partner at MindWires Consulting and co-publisher of the e-Literate blog, wrote that Canvas now has 1,218 installations at U.S. institutions, […]
Ed Surge By Jeffrey R. Young The technology platform and curriculum of the company called UniversityNow—which attracted more than $40 million in venture backing and ran an experimental for-profit college—has been sold to the nonprofit National University system, which plans to use the platform to deliver its online courses. The sale […]
Inside Higher Ed By Andrew Kreighbaum An Education Department plan to begin cutting large debt collection firms out of the student loan system is on hold after Congress warned against move. The Department of Education planned this month to begin reshaping the role of private debt collection firms in handling […]
CNBC The SEC on Friday said it settled a lawsuit against two former ITT Educational Services executives accused of hiding the defunct for-profit college operator’s actual financial condition from investors. The deal came after the SEC’s commissioners took the rare step last year of rejecting an earlier proposed settlement negotiated […]
Hechinger Report by Jon Marcus Signs of trouble at the Charlotte School of Law percolated for years. In exchange for the median $161,910 graduates had borrowed to pay tuition, fees and other costs, according to the American Bar Association, only 45 percent were passing the bar exam. That was far below […]
The Atlantic by Lindsay Gellman Last year, Lavell Burton decided he wanted to learn to code. He searched online for coding bootcamps, and was surprised to find that many of them cost several thousand dollars upfront. Burton, then 36, was hoping to move from his maintenance job aboard an American […]
by James Paterson Dive Brief: A new report from the College Savings Foundation (CSF) finds that 81% of high school students in its survey seek skills training, and an increasing number are considering technical schools and community colleges. The survey showed the number of students intending to go to community college increased 9% […]
Inside Higher Ed by Lindsay McKenzie Assertions that the U.S. Department of Education missed a deadline to delay state authorization rules are incorrect, a department spokeswoman said Thursday. In a statement, the department said it “did not miss the July 1 deadline for this delay.” A notice confirming the two-year delay in putting the new rule in place […]
Education Dive by James Paterson Dive Brief: Legislation that would make more data about student outcomes available to students, institutions and higher education policymakers has gained the support of a key Republican senator, which should mean it will pass soon, according to Inside Higher Education. The College Data Transparency Act, which […]