Free MOOCs face the music
In its quest to find a sustainable business model, online course provider edX will test charging users for access to previously free content. Observers say the move was inevitable.
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46 percent of colleges employ virtual reality in courses
About half of universities and colleges have deployed virtual reality in some form on campus, but there will be more demands to develop it — and with the technology improving and prices falling, institutions will find it easier to move ahead
Under DeVos, a Smaller Department of Education
Inside Higher Ed analysis of employee data shows the agency has shed more than 500 workers -- 13 percent of its total staff -- since the start of the Trump administration. Former officials say that means employees are stretched thin.
Western civilisation fundraising row ‘endangers philanthropy’
The professor at the heart of Australia’s university fundraising row has warned that hostile responses to bequests and donations risk undermining a sorely needed higher education revenue stream.
Connecting cashiers to College degrees
Walmart and other large employers are turning to for-profit Guild Education to manage tuition-reimbursement programs. Walmart's offer promises a debt-free college education to its employees, but academic program choices are limited.
P.R.’s public university system is in disarray
Most college students in the US are making plans for the summer. For some of the many Puerto Rican college students who came to the mainland to continue their studies after Hurricane Maria roared through the island last September, this time of the year brings a more complex question — whether to stay or go back home.
Top universities’ journal subscriptions ‘average £4 million’
Subscriptions to academic journals are costing leading UK universities almost £4 million a year on average, new figures reveal.
Pa. lawmakers looking at free college
First, New York state started offering free college tuition to middle-class residents. Now, Pennsylvania lawmakers want to see something similar–– but some area residents, including a local lawmaker, are questioning such a move.
Safety fears could force university to close engineering facility
A UK university faces being forced to close its engineering teaching facility after the local council refused to grant retrospective planning permission and raised concerns about potential health risks to students.
DeVos Brought Back For-Profit Accreditor Her Own Department Faulted
Before education secretary restored federal recognition to ACICS, report by department staff failed the organization on numerous standards.
