What should MOOC quality standards look like?
Higher education’s grade inflation conundrum
Students do less work than in the past, in some cases seem less prepared for higher education than past generations, and yet grades have gone up
Online learning data reveals interesting findings
Online learning enrollment may be up across the board, but one type of institution is climbing up the online enrollment ladder at a breakneck pace; and some institutions…
New data framework for higher ed has massive implications
Education bigwigs are currently designing a national metrics framework that will allow for the inclusion of data about today’s evolving higher-ed student. But are college and university leaders…
5 higher-ed issues that should dominate presidential debates
The presidential campaign and debates among candidates have shed light on the issues most important to the U.S. public—and among those issues is higher education, from financing it,…
New type of remediation is making waves in higher ed
Traditional prerequisite remediation is failing according to a new report from Complete College America, but a new form of corequisite remediation can provide triple the success rates in…
6 influential technologies on the higher ed horizon
Annual Horizon Report details short-and long-term technologies, trends that will impact higher education in the next 5 years.
Is it worth training faculty in student engagement?
How can institutions know whether or not professional development (PD) programs for faculty are effective? And does student engagement increase when faculty complete PD courses aimed at promoting…
Putting the law in order on campus
Lawyers don't always cut the most sympathetic figures, but spare a thought for campus law teams that increasingly find themselves caught in a full-court press.
10 must-haves to appease online students
Higher ed online learning students expect a lot from online programs; but with every student’s unique expectations and desires from an online program, how can institutions not only…
Faculty: A 5-part framework for open courses
