It is increasing more important for faculty to watch and engage with the Lumina Foundation. With deep pockets and on the speed dial of most college presidents they are a moving force behind the changes we are seeing in higher ed. read more >

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How is a major provider of free online courses going to tell whether you are who you say you are? By how you type. read more >

MOOCs may have snared most of the headlines, but traditional, credit-based online learning continued to chug along just fine last year, thank you very much. read more >

For years, faculty members have pointed to the sluggish growth in the number of tenured professors and complained that university payrolls are filled with too many administrators. This, they maintain, adds unnecessary costs and takes the focus away from teaching and learning. But whether such "administrative bloat" is really occurring and how much it matters on campuses are complex questions to answer. read more >

Professor Jeremy Adelman has taught a world-history class at Princeton University for several years, but as he led about 60 students through 700 years of history on the ivy-covered campus this past fall, one thing was different: Another 89,000 students tuned into his lectures free of charge via Coursera, an online platform. read more >

As millions flirt with free college-level courses online, educators are still debating their academic merits. read more >

At the University of Minnesota, the number of employees with “human resources” or “personnel” in their job titles has grown from 180 to 272 since the 2004-05 academic year. Since 2006, the university has spent $10 million on consultants for a vast new housing development that is decades from completion. It employs 139 people for marketing, promotions and communications. Some 81 administrators make $200,000 per year or more. read more >

Oregon and Ohio and looking very similar.. read more >

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