#student-access tag

Trust Problem in College Pricing Is Real (opinion)

Higher education pricing is confusing and perceived as unfair, leading to a significant trust problem among students and families.

Education

fromPsychology Today

5 days ago

When Bad Customer Service Equals Discrimination

Inept customer support from assessment companies blocks students from taking required exams, exacerbating inequities in accessing higher education.

fromWIRED

6 months ago

The AWS Outage Was a Nightmare for College Students

When Abby Fagerlin tried logging into Canvas, a popular educational technology platform, to check on her assignments Monday morning, she couldn't get in. That meant the 19-year-old college sophomore, who is studying physics at Pasadena City College, was unable to access materials she needed for her three classes, which were hosted on or linked through the learning management system. After searching online, she realized the Amazon Web Services outage that crippled much of the internet Monday had also temporarily taken down Canvas.

Online learning

Higher education

fromThe Mercury News

7 months ago

Opinion: Liberate your college backpack. Free textbooks are here.

Zero textbook cost (ZTC) programs provide free digital textbooks and professor-created materials, reducing student expenses and increasing access to diverse college courses.

#ai-education

fromZDNET

8 months ago