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The companies that have sprung up to provide alternative measures of research impact believe in open access, but their sources may no Read >>
Companies like Plum Analytics and Altmetric are working with academic libraries to help them offer new services to researchers. Read >>
New tools show who's sharing researchers' work online, but the data typically aren't considered by tenure panels. Read >>
The young company, until now known only for its massive open online courses, is seeking to help public institutions graduate students Read >>
Evelynn M. Hammonds, dean of Harvard College, authorized the searches to find the source of a news leak about a huge cheating scandal Read >>
As big names crowd into smaller classrooms via MOOCs, professors begin to wonder if their own teaching is at risk. Read >>
People who have taken dozens of massive open online courses share their advice for those teaching them. Read >>
Jeffrey Beall has criticized the publisher on his blog. The company, based in India, says his comments are criminal under Indian law. Read >>
The university and Udacity are partners in the project, with support from AT&T. Degree-seeking students will have to apply and wi Read >>
While a faculty union rips one university president over MOOC partnerships, a provost at another university defers action until a for Read >>
Coursera and the textbook-rental site Chegg are teaming up to bring high-quality, mainstream textbooks into the low-cost, online lear Read >>
A group of scholars convened to discuss the lesser-noticed consequences of innovation. Read >>
Faculty at several colleges have pushed back against online teaching collaborations with outside vendors, saying they want to use tec Read >>
In an open letter, the San Jose professors worry that public higher education will suffer if scholar-student interaction is replaced Read >>
The university's Arts & Sciences Council rejected a partnership with 2U, which had formed a consortium of top colleges to of Read >>
Amherst's rejection of edX could signal the end of the honeymoon phase for massive open online courses. Read >>
Some librarians say the founder of Edwin Mellen Press is a bully for his legal threats against bloggers who criticize his company. Bu Read >>
"What we look for is eye movement," says one veteran of the online-test-proctoring industry. It's "almost instrus Read >>
Many founders of education start-ups share the optimistic belief that if you change the world, money will follow. Read >>
David Levy's course at the University of Washington puts technology in its place—in the control of students. Read >>
In the largest survey of instructors who have taught massive open online courses, The Chronicle heard from critics, converts, and the Read >>