Susan D'Agostino

Academic and industry leaders spoke with conviction at the SXSW EDU conference this week about approaches that impede educational access to motivated, capable learners.

Louisiana State University athlete and social media influencer Olivia Dunne posted a TikTok last weekend promoting Caktus AI, an AI essay-writing tool, to her more than seven million followers. In the paid advertisement, Dunne wrote that the tool “will provide real resources for you to cite at the end of your essays and paragraphs;)” “Can’t imagine the school is gonna like this one [laughing face emoji],” a TikToker who goes by user588168471905 replied. Indeed. In the wake of Dunne’s post, Louis…

The 10-campus system closes a loophole that could have let undergraduates piece together a degree. Experts and some inside the system say that in justifying its decision, UC perpetuated outdated claims about online learning.

Faculty members have welcomed chat bots into their classrooms. But how will they help students manage AI’s sometimes-disturbing replies?

A merged institution born out of financial strain seeks to balance cost with quality, while also reaching more rural residents. But its botched announcement led to an outcry, an apology and a no-confidence vote.

As online students scramble to make international travel arrangements or to request exemptions with little notice, analysts suggest China’s ban lacks nuance.

From rural New Hampshire to urban Miami, community college students, faculty and administrators are broadly enthusiastic about digital learning options, according to a new report.

After a local newspaper broke the story based on a leak, the two institutions confirmed they are discussing a potential deal.

Central State University in Ohio has stopped enrolling new students in Career Plus, a controversial free online college program for union members, The Dayton Daily News reported. The public university will also discontinue offerings for current students after the spring 2023 semester. The program accounted for 3,589 of the university’s 3,633 online students last fall, which was nearly double the institution’s in-person enrollment of 1,801 students, according to the newspaper’s investigation. Car…

Human- and machine-generated prose may one day be indistinguishable. But that does not quell academics’ search for an answer to the question “What makes prose human?”