With the nation debating models and metrics for the federal government’s rating of America’s more than 4,000 colleges and universities, there’s one crucial area that no one talks…
When I wrote my Technophoria column this weekend about how some college admissions officers have occasionally identified social media posts that negatively affected applicants’ chances of acceptance, I…
After a rash of enthusiasm about Massively Open Online Courses (MOOCs), the counter-reaction is setting in, Bacon's Rebellion reports. Only a tiny percentage of the hoards of people…
Online courses are catching on rapidly with students — and universities can either take advantage of their popularity or risk being left behind, the Corvallis Gazette-Times reports. That…
"Brick and mortar schools will still exist, and the overwhelming majority of children will attend them, but the schools will be center of individualized learning, with engaging interactive…
Free online courses do big numbers these days. So-called MOOCs, or massive open online courses, typically get tens of thousands of sign-ups to watch video lectures delivered by…
Picture a technology whiz kid who starts an Internet marketing company in his college dorm room and becomes an overnight millionaire. He’s brilliant, but probably has an unhealthy…
Santa Clara University isn't pushing into the online education market in a traditional academic subject like math, or even Silicon Valley's signature computer science disciplines, the Silicon Valley…
We're now halfway through my six-week Coursera MOOC (massive open online course), 21st Century American Foreign Policy (#AFP 21), about which I'd written for HuffPost on the eve…
From 2010 through 2012, freshman enrollment at more than a quarter of U.S. private four-year schools declined 10% or more, according to federal data The Wall Street Journal…
To add a unique activity to your college application and resume, enroll in a MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) in subjects ranging from essay writing to nanotechnology, Gazettes…
