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…
Well, it finally happened: Despite having two chances on a multiple-choice question, I spoiled my perfect score in the massive open online course I'm taking from the University…
Two years ago, when Kathleen Ward graduated from Texas Christian University and moved to Dallas to start her career, she needed furniture for her new apartment, FW Business…
The development of Massive Open Online Courses – or MOOCs – continues at Purdue, WBAA reports. The university requested proposals from professors earlier this year to begin teaching…
In an effort to win back its teenage audience, Facebook made a major change last week to its privacy policy, The Huffington Post reports. Teenagers have been rapidly…
Big data is everywhere in science today, opening new insights in fields from astrophysics to zoology, Science Careers reports. For all its promise, though, big data also poses…
Even the largest university lecture hall can only squeeze in a couple of thousand students, so addressing her remarks to an audience of 40,000 was, British-born, California-based Professor…
Andrew Ng is at it again. The cofounder of Coursera — a Silicon Valley startup that offers free college-level classes to millions of online visitors – is politely…
Michael Starbird, a University of Texas math professor, was in his element one day last week, teaching students to puzzle their way through the concept of infinity using…
