With a majority of schools and institutions of higher learning around the world currently operating in virtual space, there may be no better opportunity for programs geared from the start for online ...

Much of the attention the Minerva Project received around its much-watched launch in 2012 focused on the start-up’s lofty goal of creating an elite “Ivy League 2.0” university, with top ...

In 1840, Sir Isaac Pitman ran the first known correspondence course in which assignments were mailed to students on postcards and then returned to be graded. While remote learning technology has ...

Online learning has been trumpeted by everyone from academics to politicians to venture capitalists as a way to improve access to education. But now a novel idea is emerging from a prominent group of ...

A private online high school has announced a new baccalaureate program for beginning ninth graders, developed in partnership with a company that built the technology for an innovative classroom- and ...

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 17 (Reuters) - Offering a twist on the learn-from-anywhere convenience of Internet classes, a new university is asking freshmen to take a large leap of faith. Sign up here. Minerva ...