Innovation & Transformation

A survey highlights moves toward more online and hybrid courses, new microcredential offerings, and a pursuit of students who had stopped out.

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Grants from a new philanthropy-backed fund are fueling interesting experiments. One approach, involving a small college in Boston, seems especially promising — and potentially replicable.

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What if metrics tracked access, student-centeredness, and community impact?

A distinct lack of training in peer review has worsened the crisis in academic publishing.

A new organization builds on proven strategies to eliminate socioeconomic attainment gaps among students.

Created with a promise to resist ideological orthodoxy, the institution was greeted by many as little more than a joke. But it’s taking shape.

Helping low-income and underrepresented students isn’t just good ethics. It’s good for business.

Too often the demand for novel solutions to higher education’s woes disregards existing work and those doing it.