In a packed pub in midtown Manhattan, Ryan Flagherty is surrounded on three sides by people clamoring for his attention, the Los Angeles Times reports.
Foreign policy brings us the expression “leading from behind” and the phrase might also describe the thing that is parenthood – especially during the kids’ college search, the…
A former owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers is giving Georgetown University $100 million to found a school of public policy that will bear his family name, the…
Delaware announced on Wednesday a new effort to encourage high-achieving low-income students to apply to top colleges, saying it would send application fee waivers and other information to…
A plan to enroll 100,000 New York college students in massive open online courses (MOOCs) without increasing faculty has drawn criticism from a union leader who described MOOCs…
It’s the catch-22 of massive open online courses (MOOCs). Students want college credit for MOOCs, which would raise the price tag of the often-free courses. At the same…
The UK has reportedly launched its biggest online university project with more than 20 colleges offering free courses, The Times of India reports. The project, called FutureLearn, is…
Massive open online courses were supposed to revolutionize — and democratize — higher education, Politico reports. But two years since their debut, the initial buzz seems like nothing…
I am fascinated by predictions on the way that technology, lately in the form of massive open online courses (MOOCs), will change higher education, The Huffington Post reports.…