Robert Ubell

Jan 10, 2025 | zephyrnet.com | Robert Ubell |Adam Brown |Soulaymane Kachani |Jennifer Howard

We've been crunching the numbers, and your votes are in. Here's the countdown of the top EdSurge stories about the college world in 2024, based on readership. Nearly half of the stories in our top 10 involve the impact that AI tools like ChatGPT are having on campuses. No surprise there, considering that just about every week brings new AI products, and students rushing to social media to share how they're using them on assignments.

Jan 10, 2025 | zephyrnet.com | Robert Ubell |Nadia Tamez-Robledo |Adam Brown |Soulaymane Kachani

We've been crunching the numbers, and your votes are in. Here's the countdown of the top EdSurge stories about the college world in 2024, based on readership. Nearly half of the stories in our top 10 involve the impact that AI tools like ChatGPT are having on campuses. No surprise there, considering that just about every week brings new AI products, and students rushing to social media to share how they're using them on assignments.

Apr 22, 2024 | edsurge.com | Robert Ubell

For more than 15 years, a group of companies known as Online Program Management providers, or OPMs, have been helping colleges build online degree programs. And most of them have relied on an unusual arrangement — where the companies put up the financial backing to help colleges launch programs in exchange for a large portion of tuition revenue. It’s a model that has long raised eyebrows in higher ed, and now it’s one that is under scrutiny from federal agencies.

Feb 27, 2024 | evolllution.com | Robert Ubell |Dean Emeritus |John Mason |Paul Cochrane

I’ve been thinking lately about the extent to which leaders with online experience serve on the very top of higher ed councils, sitting at the same table as presidents and provosts, participating in high-level discussions of present and future strategies.

Feb 22, 2024 | edsurge.com | Robert Ubell

Since the earliest days of colleges experimenting with teaching over the internet, the goal has been to replicate as closely as possible the physical classroom experience. After all, in-person was seen as the gold standard, and the question was whether that could be faithfully reproduced online.