“Education desert,” is defined as a “place with either no colleges or universities located nearby or with one community college as the only local public broad-access institution."
A new $500,000 fund will provide grants to faculty members or departments who want to transition their courses away from high-priced textbooks. The Textbook Liberation Fund is intended…
Sierra College is seeking applicants for Hacker Lab’s Startup Hustle, an eight-week boot camp kicking off Feb. 24, 2016. The boot camp is designed to help budding entrepreneurs…
Hampshire College’s leaders are invoking the spirit of experimentation that founded the College as they launch a far-reaching initiative to establish the college library as the hub of…
Incorporating digital curricular resources, helping faculty with open educational resources (OER), and hiring and retaining skilled IT staff are some of the top IT priorities for this year…
The Texas Association of Community Colleges (TACC) has chosen Examity, a leader in exam integrity solutions, to conduct all proctoring for online tests. Examity will provide live, recorded…
In a Feb. 11 blog post, Coursera announced it is offering 12 new project-based courses in topics from persuasive writing to computer construction. The blog post references research…
As more institutions consider offering MOOCs for credit, often the MOOCs provided by third-party platforms, researchers say it’s imperative to gauge instructional and design effectiveness…but how; and with…
Every Friday, I’ll be bringing you a recap of some of the most interesting and thought-provoking news developments that occurred over the week. I can’t fit all of…