With New AI Requirements and Courses, Colleges Eye AI Fluency (Inside Higher Ed)
“As artificial intelligence continues to reshape the workforce, several colleges and universities are introducing AI requirements to general education curricula, majors and certificate programs this fall. Some institutions—for example, Miami University, Ohio State University and the State University of New York system—are embedding AI competencies into pre-existing majors and coursework. Others, including Northwestern University and the Wentworth Institute of Technology,…
Report: Benchmarking Online Ed (Inside Higher Ed)
“Last year, the online and professional education association UPCEA urged institutions to close the gap between student expectations on institutional preparedness for online learning as part of its annual report on the Benchmarking Online Enterprises Survey. This year’s report, released Monday, warns that the story beneath the 2026 data isn’t one of a “rising tide lifting…
Designing for Lifetime Learners (Inside Higher Ed)
“This past week, presenting at the UPCEA MEMS conference in Boston, we explored a question that is becoming central to the future of higher education: What does it actually take to engage learners in lifelong learning with an institution? In a moment of rising enrollment volatility, shifting global dynamics and accelerating technological change, this question…
Online Learning: Past the Tipping Point (Inside Higher Ed)
‘The UPCEA survey also found that AI integration reflects “both experimentation and uneven maturity.” Nearly half of online enterprises (47 percent) reported a collaborative approach to AI decision-making, while others “are either highly autonomous or lack formal processes altogether.” The UPCEA report makes five key recommendations: question and improve financial models; benchmark for efficiency, not…
Online Education Units Expand Operations and Revenue Despite Financial Pressures, New Survey Shows (The EDU Ledger)
“Online education enterprises at U.S. colleges and universities are experiencing significant growth in both budgets and revenue generation, even as they face mounting pressure to offset institutional funding shortfalls, according to a new national survey released by UPCEA, the online and professional education association. The 2025 Benchmarking Online Enterprises Survey (BOnES), which gathered data from 121…
‘The Chief Online Learning Officers’ Guidebook’ (Inside Higher Ed)
“The Chief Online Learning Officers’ Guidebook is now available for order. As one of the (many) contributors that Jocelyn Widmer and Thomas Cavanagh brought together to participate in the book, I was especially excited to receive my copy in the mail. Reading through the book, I’ve found it fast-paced, informative and sometimes provocative. To help spread the…