Reported by EdSurge, Minerva’s online teaching platform can now handle 400 live students at a time.

Reported by Education Dive, Hiram College, rather than abandoning their mission as an institution dedicated to the liberal arts, instead is making sure that the liberal arts education is more relevant than ever to today’s student, by combining the liberal arts, professional studies, and civic engagement within their curriculum.

The State University System of New York is looking to double their minority faculty by 2030, currently at 8%.

Reported by Education Dive, this goal is to better reflect SUNY’s student body, which has doubled minority representation to 28.5% of students this past fall.

Reported by Inside Higher Ed, Oberlin College is shifting their enrollment goals, trimming 100 students from their music conservatory while adding 100 liberal arts students. This is because conservatory students bring in about $10,000 less than liberal arts students – due to the high market competition for conservatory students that forces Oberlin to increase aid to this student group.

Arizona State University is going all-in on corporate partnerships.

Reported by Education Dive, ASU has announced the launch of InStride, a platform designed to connect employers looking to offer education benefits.

Could MOOCs find new life if faculty could borrow from other courses to create their own?

Reported by EdSurge, HarvardX’s founding faculty director, Robert Lue, is building a new platform called LabXChange designed to deliver on the promise of free education for all.

How is Harvey Mudd College’s President helping solve the gender gap in computer science?

Reported by EdSurge, President Maria Klawe’s intentional diversity and inclusion initiatives at Harvey Mudd College have helped raise the women-student ratio in STEM degrees from 30% to 50% during her tenure there.

California is the latest state to pilot income-share agreements.

Reported by EdSurge, California’s Assembly Committee on Higher Education has approved a bill to pilot income-share agreements through the University of California systems and at California State University.

Is the Chief Privacy Officer coming to higher education?

Reported by EdSurge, more and more institutions are starting to understand the ROI in the role of Chief Privacy Officer. Already a popular position in health care given patient privacy regulations, Europe’s GDPR privacy law and California’s upcoming Consumer Privacy Act are helping higher ed take similar caution regarding student privacy.

Do we need to consider incorporating bootcamps within our existing degree programs?

Reported by MarketWatch, many coding bootcamps are designed to quickly provide the practical skills to secure a good paying job.