Reported by University Affairs, online microcredentials grew in popularity during the pandemic when organizations couldn’t conduct their in-person training programs.

Reported by EdTech Magazine, a research study from the Future of Privacy Forum shows that 71% of students believe they should possess the right to control how their institution uses their student data. At the same time, 70% of students trust their institutions to protect their personal information.

Reported by University World News, the recent trial of Elizabeth Holmes and her defrauding of investors has raised questions about the education, motivations, and pressures of Holmes and how higher ed can better support and prepare future founders to make the right ethical calls.

Reported by Inside Higher Ed, Amazon is spending $3 million to help launch a new computer science bachelor’s program at technical and community colleges throughout Washington state.

Reported by EdSurge, as higher ed grew over the last 50 years, so did our scope. We grew. We did more. We had new ideas. We did more. And then the pandemic hit, and we were forced to do even more.

Reported by EdSurge, the relative anonymity of online gaming has helped breed some gender toxicity, name-calling and harassment within the sport. And now with esports coming to college campuses, that cultural challenge becomes our challenge as well.

Reported by EdSurge, the “credentials craze” unleashed with MOOCs and competency-based learning has spurred songs of inevitable disruption over the last decade that have still yet to fully disrupt.

Reported by EdSurge, while computer science is at the top of the in-demand jobs list in the U.S., computer science courses are still not widely accessible to the broad majority of K12 students.

Reported by Higher Ed Dive, eight public colleges in Ohio have agreed to forgive the institutional debts of students with college credit but no credential, and allow them to re-enroll in any of the 8 participating colleges to complete their degree program.

Reported by Inside Higher Ed, Oklahoma quarterback Caleb Williams has been offered $1 million to come and play QB at Eastern Michigan University for his sophomore year, a financial offer promised by local employer, GameAbove Capital.