When Hadoop started, it had a security problem. The spin from the various Hadoop vendors and proponents tended to be something like, "We see security as a front-end…
Cloud is basically a symbol for the internet; and cloud computing is a way for organizations, business and universities to store and retrieve data over the Internet. It…
In 1996, a Republican governor and a Democratic governor teamed up to convince the leaders of 17 more states to create the all-online, competency-based Western Governors University. “It…
With the launch of their Syllabus Tracker tool Utah State University is providing open access to all course syllabi through a functional and user-friendly dashboard. The syllabi that…
The University of the People, a tuition-free online university, received accreditation on Feb. 13 from a national agency and will graduate its first class of seven students later…
A recent Free exchange column looked at how online education might affect higher education. Elite institutions should be fine, we wrote, because they product they offer is completely…
Behzad Razavi, a veteran professor of comms chip design, has announced that he will offer a massive open online course (MOOC) on basic circuit theory later this year,…
In talking with institutional personnel, I’ve noted some confusion about different aspects of the federal government's state authorization regulations. There are still many who believe that the federal…