http://chronicle.com/section/Special-Reports/35/ News :: Special Reports Sat, 18 Feb 2012 02:45:48 EST http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/129602/ http://chronicle.com/article/Editors-Note/129602/ Sun, 06 Nov 2011 01:01:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/129604/ http://chronicle.com/article/Colleges-Map-an-Online-Future/129604/ Driven by growing demand, cost savings, and pedagogical innovations, several colleges are experimenting with hybrid or fully digital teaching methods.

]]> Sun, 06 Nov 2011 01:01:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/129606/ http://chronicle.com/article/Why-Digital-Natives-Arent/129606/ Proponents of the new learning technologies ignore the human side of using them. Just because we can use something doesn't mean we should.

]]> Sun, 06 Nov 2011 00:01:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/129603/ http://chronicle.com/article/For-US-Soldiers-in/129603/ With military personnel better educated and eager to advance their careers, the past decade has seen a surge in the number of troops pursuing studies while deployed.

]]> Sun, 06 Nov 2011 00:01:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/129610/ http://chronicle.com/article/Assessment-Changes-Online/129610/ Great strides are being made in the quality of online courses, enabling a revolution in service to nontraditional students.

]]> Sun, 06 Nov 2011 00:01:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/129614/ http://chronicle.com/article/From-Homeric-Writings-to/129614/ Professors describe some of the Web-based tools they have found most useful in their teaching and research.

]]> Sun, 06 Nov 2011 00:01:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/129634/ http://chronicle.com/article/Charts-6-Online-Learning/129634/ Sun, 06 Nov 2011 00:01:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/129609/ http://chronicle.com/article/A-Social-Network-Can-Be-a/129609/ When students write for one another, or even for the world, they produce authentic expressions of what they've absorbed in class.

]]> Sun, 06 Nov 2011 00:01:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/129608/ http://chronicle.com/article/Online-Programs-Face-New/129608/ Accreditors and the U.S. Department of Education go head-to-head over online learning.

]]> Sun, 06 Nov 2011 00:01:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/129612/ http://chronicle.com/article/No-Tuition-No-Problem/129612/ The founder of the tuition-free University of the People says, "Take my business plan, please!"

]]> Sun, 06 Nov 2011 00:01:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/129607/ http://chronicle.com/article/The-Myth-of-the-Tech-Savvy/129607/ Why wouldn't we educate students in sophisticated uses of the Internet, which commands an increasing amount of the world's time and attention?

]]> Sun, 06 Nov 2011 00:01:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/129611/ http://chronicle.com/article/A-Chain-of-For-Profit-Art/129611/ A lawsuit claims that recruiting success comes at the expense of students who later find themselves unemployed and deep in debt

]]> Sun, 06 Nov 2011 00:01:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/129615/ http://chronicle.com/article/Why-I-No-Longer-Teach-Online/129615/ Teaching needs to bring a sense of shared humanity to students and instructors. Online learning doesn't do that well.

]]> Sun, 06 Nov 2011 00:01:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/129605/ http://chronicle.com/article/7-Community-Colleges-Try-an/129605/ Those who participated in the assessment program saw their grades improve and were more likely to stay in college.

]]> Sun, 06 Nov 2011 00:01:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/129616/ http://chronicle.com/article/How-Technology-Can-Improve/129616/ The president of an online university says the quality of education is largely independent of the mode of delivery.

]]> Sun, 06 Nov 2011 00:01:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/129617/ http://chronicle.com/article/Lets-Deregulate-Online/129617/ It has been shoehorned into a financial and quality-assurance model that does not fit its economics.

]]> Sun, 06 Nov 2011 00:01:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/129613/ http://chronicle.com/article/Art-Programs-Build-Models-for/129613/ Despite questions about the use of computers in creative courses, some students and faculty embrace tutorials and videotaped lectures for mastering tactile skills.

]]> Sun, 06 Nov 2011 00:01:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/129157/ http://chronicle.com/article/Sortable-Table-Race-and/129157/ Sun, 25 Sep 2011 00:51:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/129156/ http://chronicle.com/article/Sortable-Table-Race-and/129156/ Sun, 25 Sep 2011 00:47:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/129076/ http://chronicle.com/article/CaliforniaTexas-Are-Home/129076/ Sun, 25 Sep 2011 00:43:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/129155/ http://chronicle.com/article/Sortable-Table-Race-and/129155/ Sun, 25 Sep 2011 00:41:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/129075/ http://chronicle.com/article/CaliforniaTexas-Are-Home/129075/ Sun, 25 Sep 2011 00:32:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/129074/ http://chronicle.com/article/BlackHispanic-Doctoral/129074/ Sun, 25 Sep 2011 00:29:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/129153/ http://chronicle.com/article/Sortable-Table-Race-and/129153/ Sun, 25 Sep 2011 00:29:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/129152/ http://chronicle.com/article/Sortable-Table-Race-and/129152/ Sun, 25 Sep 2011 00:25:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/129071/ http://chronicle.com/article/Doctorates-Earned-by/129071/ Sun, 25 Sep 2011 00:24:00 EDT