In Focus

Researchers criticize the prevailing evidence on the merits of online education and call for a more scientific approach.

Minnesota governor talks up savings from shifting higher ed off campus, and other states are moving too. Is this a bandwagon to jump on or halt?

The distance ed boom presents faith-based universities a unique opportunity to flourish, along with challenges related to replicating a religious atmosphere online.

Congress rejected idea of a new federal grant program, but a private effort is growing.

On the heels of successful expansion of master's in teaching on the Web, Southern California social work school plans to do the same with its highly ranked MSW program.

Middlebury's new language instruction venture, in partnership with a for-profit company, is turning a lot of heads. Not all of them are nodding.

University system says separate entity has done its job by seeding online programs at UT campuses. But money is clearly a factor, and 23 will lose jobs.

Statistics.com, a company that packages its specialized distance ed by the course -- and outsources grading to India -- looks to challenge degree-granting institutions.

A community college professor says he has built a learning management system with a personal touch that could solve one of distance education's most persistent problems.

Composition association finds that colleges are just beginning to consider implications of shifting key part of the curriculum away from face-to-face instruction.