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Separating Education From Credentialing

Technology think tank says standardized testing by outside groups and alternative forms of credentialing could create helpful competitive pressure on higher education and the traditional college degree.

Even in Faculty Offices

Group that pushed for concealed weapons on college campuses wants state to block rule that lets professors keep weapons out of their offices.

Digital, Verified and Less Open

More colleges are issuing digital badges to help their students display skills to employers or graduate programs, and colleges are tapping vendor platforms to create a verified form of the alternative credentials.

Coding Goes Mainstream

Traditional colleges including Northeastern University and Bellevue College are entering the coding boot camp market by partnering with boot camp providers or by creating their own programs.