The Messy Conversation Around Online Cost and Quality
Asked to explain how they balance financial and academic considerations, administrators and professors say quality is key but struggle to define it.
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China’s digital currency may be world’s first
CBDC could be put into e-wallets for direct and peer-to-peer transactions
School spirit symbols on the chopping block nationwide
Colleges and universities across the country are axing “offensive” mascots.
YouTube fined $170m in US over children’s privacy violation
YouTube has been fined a record $170m (£139m) by a US regulator for violating children's privacy laws.
Hong Kong boycotts are ‘lessons in civics’
Students schedule their own classes in protest theory, political history and martial arts
Elizabeth Warren’s pushing for free college. Meanwhile her Harvard professor husband earns $400,000 a year.
Massachusetts senator and 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren has made free college and loan forgiveness a central plank of her campaign. To pay for it, her plan seeks to tax the wealth of America’s richest families.
Debates rage as more states offer free college tuition
California adds free community college as some higher ed leaders warn of financial ruin
Berkeley offers credit for ‘Pokemon Academy,’ ‘Marvel,’ and ‘Hogwarts’ classes
A University of California, Berkeley program features student-run courses on Harry Potter, Marvel, and a variety of other subjects, for credit.
Orientation for the adult learner
Institutions are trying to figure out how to introduce a growing population of older students to their campuses.
Hong Kong protesters using Bluetooth Bridgefy app
Pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong have been turning to a new app to communicate - one that does not use the internet and is therefore harder for the Chinese authorities to trace.
