Are new accreditation rules for online education streamlined or ripe for abuse?
The Trump administration calls its final rules on accreditation and state approval of online providers a rightsizing of bureaucracy that protects students. Consumer advocates and Democrats see an unraveling of federal oversight.
Opioid education is now a college requirement in this state
Can prevention and education programs be effective measures for stemming the opioid crisis? A new Maryland law raises the question.
Do online courses increase access to education?
Online coursework has been heralded as potentially transformative for higher education, but little is known about whether it increases the number of people who earn degrees.
Researchers cut down procrastination by making it less fun
The key to making online students focus on their course work may be making procrastination as unenjoyable as possible, according to a study out of Cornell University. It’s a familiar problem to anyone with a deadline and a computer:…
Some of the country’s most rigorous research universities have a new obsession: flexibility. As the institutions contemplate a more modular future, experiments with blended learning may provide an early glimpse at their plans.
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