University Online

2019

• California’s New Online Community College Under Faculty Fire (Academe Blog 8/8/19)
• What Do Students Get in Return for Their Tuition? (IHE 7/29/19)
• Online Degrees Made USC the World’s Biggest Social Work School. Then Things Went Terribly Wrong (LAT 6/6/19)
• Calif. Lawmakers Consider Legislation Aimed at For-Profits and Online Revenue Sharing (IHE 5/9/19)
• Knewton Is Gone. The Larger Threat Remains (IHE 5/7/19)
• Elizabeth Warren v. InStride: Two Different Paths for Higher Education (IHE 4/25/19)
• California's Online Community College Chooses Its Leader (IHE 2/6/19)

2018

• The Racial Implications of California's Proposed Online University (IHE 3/20/18)
• Udacity Ends Pledge for Students to Get Hired or Get Their Money Back (IHE 3/16/18)
• Accreditor Backs Purdue University Global as More For-Profits Seek to Convert or Sell (IHE 3/7/18)
• 3 Million Americans Live in Higher Education Deserts (IHE 2/2/18)
• In New Budget Proposal, California Higher Ed Gets Modest Funding and a Big Online College (CHE 1/10/18)

2017

• Faculty Members at One More University Push Back at Online Programs (CHE 11/15/17)
• Tips and Tricks: Western Governors University Caught Defrauding Taxpayers (Academe Blog 10/30/17)
• Remaking the University: Metrics Noir (LARB 10/11/17)
• Why Institutions Should Shield Academics Who Are Being Attacked by Conservative Groups (IHE 6/26/17)
• How Conservative Media Outlets Turn Faculty Viewpoints Into National News (CHE 6/22/17)
• Professors’ Growing Risk: Harassment for Things They Never Really Said (CHE 6/22/17)
• Study Questions Effectiveness of Online Education for At-Risk Students (IHE 6/12/17)
• Purdue’s Massive Blunder (IHE 5/9/17)
• Purdue's Deal for Kaplan Packs Low Up-Front Costs, Long Terms and Boundary-Pushing Details (IHE 5/4/17)
• Mitch Daniels Wants to Sell the Soul of Public Education: Purdue Faculty Must Stop Him (Academe Blog 5/3/17)
• There’s a Reason the Purdue-Kaplan Deal Sounds Too Good to Be True (CHE 4/30/17)
• Study Challenges Cost and Price Myths of Online Education (IHE 2/17/17)
• CSU Signs Deal to Record, Broadcast Classroom Lectures (SF Examiner 1/2/17)

2016

• Why Audrey Watters Thinks Tech Is a Trojan Horse Set to ‘Dismantle’ the Academy (CHE 5/18/16)
• Online School Enriches Affiliated Companies if Not Its Students (NYT 5/18/16)
• Digital Humanities in Other Contexts (Roopika Risam 5/3/16)
• George Washington U Alumni Sue University Over Quality of Online Program (IHE 4/15/16)
• Critics Assail Potential New York Move on Regulating Online Colleges (NYT 3/16/16)
• Mysterious Spike in WordPress Hacks Silently Delivers Ransomware to Visitors (ars technica 2/4/16)
• Education Department's Inspector General's High-Stakes Audit of Western Governors U (IHE 1/15/16)

2015

• ASU’s Global Freshman Academy Is a Complete Bust. Is Anyone Actually Surprised? (Academe Blog 12/22/15)
• 323 Learners Eligible for Credit from MOOCs at Arizona State U. (IHE 12/21/15)
• UC and Dark Ages? On CS and Math Reqs and Online Learning (Cloudminder 12/15/15)
• The University of Nowhere: The False Promise of “Disruption” (LARB 11/12/15)
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology to Launch Half MOOC, Half In-Person Master's Degree Program (IHE 10/8/15)
• U of Florida Renegotiating Contract with Pearson to Provide Services for UF Online (IHE 9/14/15)
• The ‘Flipped Classroom’ is Professional Suicide (Kernel 8/23/15)
• Pioneer of Ed-Tech Innovation Says He’s Frustrated by Disruptors’ Narrative (Jeffrey R. Young, CHE 8/6/15)
• Technology Is Not A Differentiator (IHE 7/22/15)
• Stirring Fear and Hope, U. of Akron Mulls an Aggressive Move Online (CHE 7/15/15)
• Trapped in the Virtual Classroom (NY Review of Books 7/9/15)
• A better PACE (Gainesville 6/4/15)
• Universities Yelp as Elsevier Pulls Back on Free Access (CHE 5/29/15)
• The Invisible Learners Taking MOOCs (IHE 5/27/15)
• UF Online Program Struggles to Gain Acceptance (Gainesville 5/26/15)
• Why Technology Will Never Fix Education (CHE 5/19/15)
• Graphs and Legends (Nation 5/12/15)
• U. of Illinois to Offer a Lower-Cost M.B.A., Thanks to MOOCs (CHE 5/4/15)
• ASU = edX's "Cleaner" (IHE 4/29/15)
• The Catch in Arizona State’s Low-Cost Freshman Year Online: No Aid (CHE 4/23/15)
• Study Finds Student Success Lags Online in California Community College Students (IHE 4/20/15)
• Colleges Grapple with Cheating in the Digital Age (LAT 4/16/15)
• The University for No One (Changing Universities 3/31/15)
• Essay Challenging Kevin Carey's New Book on Higher Education (IHE 3/26/15)
• Yale Announces ‘Blended’ Online Master’s Degree (CHE 3/10/15)
• Analysis of Distance Education Enrollments Challenges Myths about the Medium (IHE 3/5/15)
• In STEM Courses, a Gender Gap in Online Class Discussions (CHE 1/6/15)

2014

• Are MOOC-Takers 'Students'? Not When It Comes to the Feds Protecting Their Data (CHE 12/3/14)
• Connecticut Faculty Push Back on Systemwide Reform Plans (IHE 11/17/14)
• U. of Florida Political Science Department Declines to Build a Fully Online Degree (IHE 11/10/14)
• Competency-Based Health Profession Credentials From the University of Texas System (IHE 11/6/14)
• Online Learning Push Continues in California, But With Approach Faculty Groups Appreciate (IHE 8/28/14)
• A Changing Economy Changes Online Education Priorities at the U. of California (IHE 8/13/14)
• The Plot to Destroy Education: Why Technology Could Ruin American Classrooms (Salon 7/25/14)
• California State U. System Nixes Online Degree Arm for Shared Services Model (IHE 7/22/14)
• University of California Certifies Apex Learning Courses for Freshman Admission (Digital Journal 6/25/14)
• Researchers Seek Ethical Guidelines for Higher Ed Studies, but Privacy Concerns Remain Unsettled (IHE 6/23/14)
• 8 Things You Should Know About MOOCs (CHE 6/13/14)
• For Unizin, Common Infrastructure means Commercial Software (IHE 6/12/14)
• After Weeks of Rumors, Universities Unveil the Gigital Education Consortium: Unizin (IHE 6/11/14)
• Business School, Disrupted (NYT 5/31/14)
• The Neoliberal Assault on Academia (Aljazeera 5/25/14)
• The Erosion of Faculty Rights (CHE 5/19/14)
• Online Grows at Two-Year Colleges but Success Lags (IHE 5/15/14)
• Proactive on Prior Learning (IHE 4/15/14)
• 2U Ends Semester Online (IHE 4/3/14)
• Firm will get about $186 million to manage UF Online (Gainesville 3/27/14)
• UF Online's secrets (Gainesville 3/26/14)
• UF Won't Disclose Consultant Fees for UF Online (Gainesville 3/21/14)
• New All-Digital Curriculums Hope to Ride High-Tech Push in Schoolrooms (NYT 3/3/14)
• MOOC Fans Step Out of the Shadows (Guardian 2/19/14)
• Trial and Error Breeds Success (IHE 2/18/14)
• What's In It for Us? (IHE 2/12/14)
• San Jose State U. Adopts More edX Content for Outsourcing Trial (CHE 1/30/14)
• Stanford Economist: Elite Colleges Should Not Give Credit for MOOCs (CHE 1/27/14)
• Completion Rates Aren’t the Best Way to Judge MOOCs, Researchers Say (CHE 1/22/14)
• Credit-for-MOOCs Effort Hits a Snag (CHE 1/17/14)
• Tempered Expectations (IHE 1/15/14)
• Right for the Consumer (IHE 1/15/14)

2013

• The Online Education Revolution Drifts Off Course (NPR 12/31/14)
• Go Easy on MOOCs (IHE 12/19/13)
• Scaling Back in San Jose (IHE 12/18/13)
• edX Drops Plans to Connect MOOC Students With Employers (CHE 12/16/13)
• Disrupting the Disruptors (IHE 12/16/13)
• Rutgers Boycott Expands (IHE 12/13/13)
• After Setbacks, Online Courses Are Rethought (NYT 12/10/13)
• Professors in Deal to Design Online Lessons for A.P. Classes (NYT 12/5/13)
• Zombie MOOCs: UC Online's "Pilot Project Cross-Campus Courses" (Reclaim UC 11/30/13)
• The (Off-Campus) Future of MIT (IHE 11/25/13)
• Outrage at San Jose State (IHE 11/22/13)
• Farewell, Sebastian (IHE 11/20/13)
• Praise, Criticism, Questions After Udacity 'Pivot' (IHE 11/19/12)
• Angered by MOOC Deals, San Jose State Faculty Senate Considers Rebuff (CHE 11/18/13)
• Thrun Enters Burgeoning Sieve Market (Happgood 11/14/13)
• Foothill-De Anzato Lead $16.9M Statewide Online Education Initiative (IHE 11/12/13)
• MOOCs: Corporate Welfare for Credit (Salon 10/28/13)
• Virtual Schools Teach Kids All About the Profit Motive (Calitics 10/22/13)
• Is Acatar It? (IHE 10/22/13)
• Traditional Education Beats Online in Key Areas, Opinion Poll Finds (CHE 10/15/13)
• Turning Education Upside Down (NYT 10/9/13)
• Forget MOOCs (Slate 9/18/13)
• Mini MOOC Minors (IHE 9/18/13)
• Enrollments and Course Offerings Bounce Back at California 2-Year Colleges (CHE 9/12/13)
• The Full Report on Udacity Experiment (IHE 9/12/13)
• Boost for Udacity Project (IHE 8/28/13)
• Wannabe (University Ventures 8/23/13)
• Udacity CEO Says MOOC 'Magic Formula' Emerging (Information Week 8/20/13)
• Master’s Degree Is New Frontier of Study Online (NYT 8/17/13)
• U. of Texas President Wants Faculty Input on Future of Online Education (IHE 8/15/13)
• Rethink Higher Education to Exploit Digital Platforms (THE 8/15/13)
• The MOOC 'Revolution' May Not Be as Disruptive as Some Had Imagined (CHE 8/8/13)
• MOOC Bill Dead for Now (IHE 8/1/13)
• The Perils of Online College Learning (LAT 7/26/13)
• The MOOC Racket (Slate 7/25/13)
• Who Is Driving the Online Locomotive? (CHE 7/24/13)
• Rebooting Online Education (LAT 7/23/13)
• San Jose State University Puts a Pause on Udacity (IHE 7/18/13)
• San Jose State Suspends Collaboration with Online Provider (LAT 7/18/13)
• No-Bid MOOCs (IHE 7/17/13)
• Why Visions to Educate the World Are Absurd (CHE 7/15/13)
• Blackboard Goes MOOC (IHE 7/11/13)
• Coursera Raises Millions (IHE 7/10/13)
• Coursera Snags $43-Million in Venture Capital (CHE 7/10/13)
• Moody's Says MOOCs Could Raise a University's Credit Rating (CHE 6/24/13)
• Big 10 Provosts Realize They Don't Really Need Coursera and Udacity (IHE 6/19/13)
• Moocs and Humanities Part II (LARB 6/15/13)
• MOOCs and Humanities Part I (LARB 6/14/13)
• Online/OffPrivacy (Changing Universities 6/13/13)
• AAUP Challenges MOOCs on Intellectual Property Grounds (CHE 6/12/13)
• SB520 and Privatization (EastBayExpress 6/5/13)
• Coursera Takes on Blackboard (HEStrategy 5/31/13)
• SB 520 (MOOC legislation) Amended Language (5/24/13)
• James Vernon on Stopping the MOOC "Avalanche" (Guardian 4/29/13)
• Bob Samuels Looks at SB520 (Changing Universities 3/21/13)
• Steinberg Tells You What He Wants You to Think of SB520 (OCR 3/20/13)
• Online Courses May Increase Educational Inequality (CCRC 2/13)
• Carnegie Mellon is Not MOOCing (IHE 2/28/13)
• Bob Samuels Reports from the Little Hoover Commission (Changing Universities 2/27/13)
• UCSD Drinks the Kool-Aid; Signs Up with Coursera (UTSan Diego 2/21/13)
• NYT Editorial Board Raises Question about Online Fetish (NYT 2/19/13)
• More on Jerry's Push for Increased Online (SacBee 2/11/13)
• Provosts Reflect on What They Have Done to Higher Ed (IHE 1/23/13)
• What do MOOCs really mean? (DMLcentral 1/21/13)
• Bob Samuels On UCOP's Rewriting of History (hope this doesn't speak to their commitment to pursuing the truth) (Changing Universities 1/17/13)
• Online Expansion at CSU and CC (IHE 1/16/13)
• UCAFT Has Some Questions for the Regents About Online Education (Changing Universities 1/15/13)
• San Jose State Enters into Deal with Udacity to Offer Online Courses for Credit (NYT 1/14/13)
• Professors Urge Their Colleagues Not to Make Online Rope to Hang Themselves (IHE 1/14/13)
• Brown Pushing Online and Spending Reductions (SacBee 1/13/13)
• More on the "Rebooting Higher Education" (LAT 1/9/13)

2011

• College Presidents Are Bullish on Online Education but Face a Skeptical Public (CHE 8/29/11)
• Texas-Size Compromise (IHE 8/26/11) 
• Battle over online class fees moves to Capitol (SFGate 8/11/11) 
• WGU Lassoes Texas (IHE 8/4/11)
• UCLA Joins Venture to Offer Online Education to Baby Boomers (CHE 6/23/11)
• Online Learning Portals: Customizing Colleges Right Out of Higher Education? (CHE 5/29/11)
• Online Education Pilot Program, Memo from Chair Simmons to President Yudof (UC Senate 5/6/11)
• The Battle Over Online Education Continues (Changing Universities 5/3/11)
• Letters to the Editor: Online pilot project has support (Daily Bruin 4/11/11)
• Reversing Course, U. of California to Borrow Millions for Online Classes (CHE 4/8/11) 
• Governing Boards Turn to Technology to Reinvent the University (CHE 4/5/11) 
• The Limits of Online Courses (NYT 2/16/11)

2010

• Students Being Driven Online Due to Cost Cutting (NYT 11/4/10)
• UC Scales Back Online Fantasies--Still Wants to Poach on CCs (SFGate 11/4/10)
• LAO Recommends Online Out-sourcing (IHE 10/26/10)
• On Line Education Moves Forward Despite Concerns (Daily Cal 10/14/10)
• Berkeley Forum on On-Line Ed with Lots of Links to 2009-10 Debates (10/12/10)
• Gates and Hewlett Foundations Pushing Online Education (NYT 10/11/10)
• MIT Considers Charging for On-Line Learning (NYT 9/27/10)
• Faculty Divided about On-Line Learning (UCLA Today 8/31/10)
• U Wisconsin Experiences with On Line Ed (The Cap Times 8/10/10)
• Stay Home, Watch Some College on TV (Bill Gates, CHE 8/9/10)
• Texas May Require Its Colleges Students to Take Online Classes (CHE 8/3/10)
• Debate Over UC Online Continues (IHE 8/3/10)
• Regional Universities Look to Local Communities for Online Students (IHE 7/23/10)
• Universities Out-Sourcing Online Ed (CHE 7/21/10)
• Don't Rush into Online Education (SF Gate 7/18/10)
• Regents Ignore Faculty Concerns: Rush Forward on Online Program (SF Gate 7/15/10)
• Edley's Presentation to Regents on Online Project (UCB Law 7/14/10)
• UC Needs to Stress Education Not Brand (SF Gate 7/13/10)
• Less for More (Quick and the Ed 7/12/10)
• UC Online Degree Proposal Rattles Academics (SF Gate 7/12/10)
• UC Moving towards Price-Gouging Students? (Yglesias 7/12/10)
• Blackboard to Buy Out Competitors (CHE 7/7/10)
• Are the CCs Serving Students In Outsourcing Courses to For-Profits? (Hiltzik, LAT 7/4/10)
• UC Online: "Panacea of Mirage" (DailyCal 6/28/10)
• Sentaors Vow to Crack Down on For-Profit Sector (CHE 6/24/10)
• Leaders Predict Univ Molting into MetaUniversity (CHE 6/22/10)
• UC Invests $53 M in 2 For-Profit Ed Firms Owned by Regent Blum (Daily Planet 6/22/10)
• Tim Pawlenty Agrees With Edley: Go Online! (IHE 6/17/10)
• Digital Students Demand Active Learning (IHE 6/14/10)
• Is Wal-Mart Online Ed a Good Deal for its Workers? (CHE 6/13/10)
• Announcing New UC Online Initiative (6/4/10)
• Wal-Mart to Offer Employees Online Education (NYT 6/4/10)
• UMASS and SUNY Compete with For Profits in On-Line Teaching (CHE 5/27/10)
• Online Education is the Future, Or: Another Reason the Future Will Suck (GinAndTacos 5/23/10)
• Chris Edley and Chris Kutz on On-Line Ed (KQED 5/20/10)
• Online Education and the Laying-On of Hands (Kamenetz, HuffPo 5/18/10)
• Graduate Student Statement to Regents Regarding On-Line Education (5/13/10)
• Berkeley Faculty Association Report on Cyber Campus Proposal (UCBFA 5/12/10)
• Academic Council Endorses On-Line Pilot Project (UC Academic Senate 5/11/10)

2008

• E-Learning can be good, and saves money; so why does tuition keep climbing (Washington Monthly 12/08)