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The Center for World-Class Universities at Shanghai Jiao Tong University today released the 10th edition of its annual global university ranking – 2012 Academic Ranking of World Universities. Harvard University remains the number one in the world for the tenth year. The Center for World-Class Universities Press Release
As mayor of Rancho Mirage, Calif., Scott Hines is in charge of a town of about 17,000 people in the Coachella Valley. As the chief operating officer of World Education University, a new company that says it “will forever alter the landscape of post-secondary education” by offering free courses online, Hines is now in charge […]
Senator Harkin’s two-year investigation of for-profit higher education ends, but the policy battle is far from over. What comes next? Inside Higher Education Full Article
Two students who will make their first visit to Penn State to pick up diplomas in energy and sustainability policy also will be the first graduates of this online degree The Pennsylvania State University Press Release
The Online Pecking Order ‘Conventional’ online universities consider strategic response to MOOCs Inside Higher Ed Full Article
For a millennium, universities have been considered the main societal hub for knowledge and learning.1 And for a millennium, the basic structures of how universities produce and disseminate knowledge and evaluate students have survived intact through the sweeping societal changes created by technology—the moveable-type printing press, the Industrial Revolution, the telegraph, telephone, radio, television, and […]
A U.S. Senate committee released an unflattering report on the for-profit college sector on Sunday, concluding a two-year investigation led by Sen. Tom Harkin, an Iowa Democrat. While the report is ambitious in scope, and scathingly critical on many points, it appears unlikely to lead to a substantial legislative crackdown on the industry — at […]
Since the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University unveiled their plan to create a platform for free online courses called edX, more than 120 other colleges and universities around the world have expressed interested in joining in. Today leaders of the effort announced that they’ve added the University of California at Berkeley as a partner, […]
SALT LAKE CITY — Western Governors University (WGU), www.wgu.edu, is leading the way in producing K-12 math and science educators, according to a recent study conducted by education research and consulting group Eduventures. The study, which used data collected by the U.S. Department of Education, found that in 2011, WGU was the nation’s largest provider […]
Liberty University’s net assets have sustained a fivefold increase — from $150 million to $860 million — over the past six years, driven by the rapid expansion of its online programs. While colleges across the country have struggled to make ends meet during the economic downturn, Liberty’s financial picture has grown stronger by the year, […]