Anyone can be a student in Coursera’s online classroom, but only the top universities in the world can offer classes through the popular site. That’s according to a new contract …

The Institute of International Education (IIE) addressed how to give institutions of higher education a more international focus at its annual Best Practices Conference in March. Topics included how to …

Are dedicated data analysts a dying breed? After all, many of the latest analytics solutions boast about how anyone, even non-specialists, can use their products to crunch data at ever-faster …

During a forum on how to improve U.S. K–12 schools, educators from the State University of New York (SUNY) Fredonia College of Education pointed out promising new developments in education. …

The explosion of Big Data — the practice of using vast amounts of information to make better business decisions — has led to big predictions for the business analytics industry. …

President Barack Obama outlined his plans for forging new trade deals at the President’s Export Council meeting in March, promoting the agreements as a way to spur economic growth and …

Technological innovations are making fast inroads into American classrooms — a trend that holds enormous promise for United States education, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates said in his keynote speech at …

Carnegie Mellon University announced this month that it is combining two existing entrepreneurship programs into a single center designed to inspire and nurture cutting-edge startups. The new Carnegie Mellon Center …

At a recent retreat, the Duke University Board of Trustees discussed the current quality of higher education and how to measure it. The goal of the discussions was to find …

The health care IT industry is growing and changing quickly, with March’s Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) conference highlighting some major health care trends. The annual conference tackled …