In announcing San Jose State University’s contract with the online course developer Udacity to offer three innovative math classes, Gov. Jerry Brown bristled at a press conference Tuesday when the ...

A Colorado university is announcing on Thursday that it will give full transfer credit to students who complete a free introductory computer-science course offered by the online-education start-up ...

Silicon Valley companies often clamor about the shortage of qualified STEM workers--particularly those in the computer science and engineering ranks. Sometimes, competition gets so fierce that they ...

San Jose State’s experiment with online course provider Udacity produced disappointing results, according to an article in Inside Higher Ed. Students taking Udacity math courses this past spring did ...

After two semesters of experimentation, San Jose State University has decided to take a “breather” in a project aimed at determining whether Udacity, a Silicon Valley-based company that specializes in ...

Udacity announced a partnership with San Jose State University (SJSU), bringing the online course platform to a physical campus in a move that San Jose State president Mohammad Qayoumi hopes will be a ...

With the troubled economy, many people are facing unemployment or looking for a way to learn new skills to make themselves more appealing on the job market. For some, this means pursuing an advanced ...

Two weeks ago, Udacity launched a program to connect graduates from its programs with short-term work from potential employers. Called Blitz, the service lets companies propose a project, and then ...

The ever-ballooning field of online education took a big hit this summer when news broke that more than half of the students who took Udacity‘s online courses at San Jose State University this spring ...

San Jose State University's online education pilot held the promise of real course credit without the hassles of attending class in person. It hasn't worked that way in practice, however, and both ...