Reported by Inside Higher Ed, when considering working with Coursera on an online electrical engineering degree, the University of Colorado Boulder’s Provost and CFO both saw the opportunity as one to test the future of higher education.

Reported by Inside Higher Ed, an American Council on Education survey showed that on five market trends, including a growing competitive set and declining federal support, not more than 1 in 7 higher ed leaders felt “very confident” in their institution’s capacity to meet the challenge.

Reported by Inside Higher Ed, Unmudl is a new platform offering noncredit courses from an initial cohort of five community college partners, meant to provide local employers with affordable and online ways to upskill their employees.

Reported by Inside Higher Ed, with exciting new innovations in learning science research and the rapid growth of online learning, the conversation about these digital innovations seems to mostly be happening digitally.

Reported by Inside Higher Ed, quantum computing promises to give us answers to the world’s questions - the ability to instantly sort through vast worlds of data and come back with correlations could unlock so many discoveries across all knowledge sectors, including higher education.

Reported by Inside Higher Ed, a recent survey from the Campus Computing Project shows that only 40% of IT officials believe college leaders are “well informed” about digital learning and digital transformation.

Reported by EdSurge, Boston College’s Carroll School of Management takes a different approach when determining course modality.

Reported by EdSurge, upon realizing that many of their students were enrolling in coding bootcamps upon successful graduation, Davidson is piloting a new program designed to make it easier to transition directly from Davidson into a tech career.

Reported by EdSurge, Matthew Rascoff from Duke University believes higher education has really turned the corner from early adoption with a lot of tech-driven pedagogical breakthroughs to the mainstream.

Reported by EdSurge, while faculty office hours can be an incredibly helpful resource for students to get 1-on-1 time to talk through academic roadblocks, the concept of office hours can be both intimidating and inflexible for students.