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 Stanford professor Chuck Eesley headed down south to speak at the accelerator Start-Up Chile, he received an unexpected email from an old student named Ivo Georgiev, Pando…
In an about-face highlighting the ongoing debate surrounding massive open online courses (MOOCs), a professor held up as a “star” in online learning by MOOC providers and the…
President Obama unveiled a plan on Thursday that would, for the first time, tie federal student aid to a new rating system for colleges and universities. While the…
The National Security Agency plans to create a data analysis lab on North Carolina State University's Centennial Campus, officials said Thursday, WRAL reports. The $60.75 million NSA grant…
Back to school isn't just for kids. As professors at top universities put more of their course materials online, everyone from Silicon Valley entrepreneurs to teens at Ghana…
Businesses coping with security issues stemming from employee use of personal devices for company work are only experiencing what universities have grappled with for years, CSO Online reports.…
The University of Texas at Austin is proud to introduce the world’s first synchronous massive online course (SMOC) in fall 2013, the university's news service reports. Introduction to…
The New York Times calls 2013 “the year of the MOOC.” But massive open online courses still fail to get high marks from most educators, Scientific American reports.…
The Alamo Colleges shut down several computer systems Wednesday to protect them from a cyberattack, officials said, mySA reports. The community college district discovered the attack about 11…
