This morning, Inside Higher Ed posted an article by Steve Kolowich on students from universities around the world earning credit by participating in an experimental Stanford University course that is being broadcasted at no (additional) cost: That A.I. course was the flagship of a trio of Stanford computer science courses that were broadcast this fall, [...]

Inside Higher Ed writes that, Daniel Greenstein, vice provost for academic planning and programs at the University of California System predicts: The university library of the future will be sparsely staffed, highly decentralized, and have a physical plant consisting of little more than special collections and study areas. Particularly over the past decade, librarians have [...]

Today’s Inside Higher Ed reports on a new book from the Carnegie Endowment for the Advancement of Teaching. In The Formation of Scholars: Rethinking Doctoral Education for the Twenty-First Century (Jossey-Bass), George Walker et al state the obvious: doctoral programs (and their purposive requirements) often are not understood by supervising professors and students. The purposive [...]

Inside Higher Ed reports Harvard is investigating interdisciplinary (and some would argue transdisciplinary) models of knowledge production and distribution. The school’s Science Committee issued a report with recommendations that include: transforming undergraduate science education in a hands-on environment, adjust graduate student funding structures to encourage interdisciplinary research, and infuse interdisciplinary practice into the new Allston [...]

Inside Higher Ed has an article on the decrease of political and financial support for American education relative to global competitors. Citing research by John A. Douglass at UC Berkeley, the article states: Douglass says that other nations are using government policy to match or exceed U.S. participation rates and to more fully integrate higher [...]