Probing question: Are MOOCs here to stay?
In higher education, 2013 may be remembered as the year of the MOOC. For those playing catch-up, MOOCs, or Massive Open Online Courses, are college-level classes taught entirely…
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Civility efforts seek better behavior on campus
In a society where anonymous internet commenters freely lob insults, and politicians spew partisan barbs, the decline of basic civility isn't limited to academia. But the push for…
Colleges see competition in streamlining data
Legions of filing cabinets have become casualties of higher education's war for students.
Penn State football slammed with NCAA sanctions
Penn State football was all but dismantled Monday by an NCAA ruling that wiped away 14 years of coach Joe Paterno's victories and imposed a mountain of fines…
UNLV uses online program to tackle students’ lack of math skills
This fall, a third of the incoming freshmen class -- about 1,000 students -- will enter UNLV unprepared to take a college-level math course.
Report: Paterno, PSU officials staged 14-year cover-up
The independent panel investigating Pennsylvania State University's role in the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal has determined that the school's top leaders, including legendary football coach Joe…
Google’s most popular colleges of 2011
Two of the universities on Google’s top-10 most searched list for 2011 made the cut thanks to far-reaching scandals, campus tragedies, and public relations nightmares.
Penn State goes on Facebook blitz as campus scandal continues
Facebook has become ground zero for crisis management in higher education, as demonstrated by Penn State University’s (PSU) consistent communication with its 243,000 followers as the campus descended…
Judge orders school newspaper to delete stories
Update—Should school newspapers, or any newspapers for that matter, be forced to delete archived stories in order to clear a ... Read more