"Al Fanar" was to be launched at a conference this weekend in Dubai. Concerns over academic freedom in the emirates killed the meeting, but not the magazine.

Many educators haven’t figured out what to make of free online classes for the masses, but Silicon Valley developers and students are starting to.

Half of life is just showing up." I once loved repeating that to my students who were regularly absent from school.

Do you remember a favorite teacher from grade school, who impacted your life? Did he or she unlock the keys to reading or math for you? Here's an infographic that explains why the best teachers are irreplaceable to society, to their schools and their community. The web site BrainTrack organized some of the data on favorite teachers into this useful infographic.

The London School of Economics has shut down an event in the United Arab Emirates over "restrictions imposed on the intellectual content."

Online education is often held out as a way to increase access to higher education...

A top administrator in California's vast public university system says she's committed to strengthening cultural and interpersonal ties between China and the US.

Low-cost online courses could allow a more-diverse group of students to try college, but a new study suggests that such courses could also widen achievement gaps among students in different demographic groups.

Earlier this month, Inside Higher Ed reported on Peter Fröhlich, a Johns Hopkins University professor whose policy of scaling final exams according to the highest score led to three entire classes sitting out the final -- and getting As, since the highest score was a 0.

I kept getting misguided advice from day one with Ashford. They wanted me to start right away, even BEFORE they received my transcripts! I was 4 months into the program when they contacted me about how they were not going accept some core classes from HSU, and have me take more GE classes! I was mortified.