Moocs: international credit transfer system edges closer
Six universities in talks on global credit transfer system for online courses
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‘Not Blacklisted,’ but ‘Not Reputed’
Reports of Indian students being turned away by customs officials and prevented from boarding U.S.-bound flights cast spotlight on two little-known California institutions with 90 percent-plus international enrollment.
Another Houston university opts out of campus carry
The University of St. Thomas in Houston announced Dec. 21 that it would opt out of Texas’ new campus carry law ...
Smog alerts promote online education
Beijing's two recent red alerts for air pollution led to the suspension of classes at primary and middle schools in the capital, but online education platforms experienced a boom.
Apollo buys German for-profit college for $105 million
US for-profit provider Apollo Education Group has bought a German college for $105 million (£71 million).
Partnerships again center of higher education conversation
Union Graduate College and Clarkson University merge in early 2016, creating Clarkson University's Capital Region campus in Schenectady.
Lawmaker plans new, unusual private college for Sitka
State Rep. Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins of Sitka dropped out of Yale University soon before graduation to run for the Legislature.
South African government patches holes in student funding regime
An extra 6.9 billion rand (£306 million) will be pumped into South Africa’s higher education system to tackle a student finance crisis which triggered nationwide protests.
About-Face on Fee Waivers
NYU changes policy and its website, and apologizes to would-be graduate student who went public after being told the university didn't grant waivers.
Less Than 1%
Only 323 of 34,086 learners are eligible to take advantage of Arizona State's MOOCs-for-credit initiative with edX.
