(16 Dec 2025) This year, 22 million new learners joined Coursera — nearly 82,000 people every day. A typical day saw 150,000 enrollments, 14 enrollments every minute in GenAI courses, and the launch of 10 new pieces of content. Most popular courses in 2025 from industry partners Foundations: Data, Data, Everywhere (Google) AI For Everyone (DeepLearning.AI) Introduction to Generative AI (Google Cloud) Foundations of…
(9 Dec 2025) This article is written by Edward M. Corrado, University Librarian at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California. Here’s the abstract: Every year EDUCAUSE releases a list of the top ten issues that are impacting information technology (IT) in higher education institutions. Although the list focuses on college and university IT…
(11 Dec 2025) AppliedHE today announced the results of the inaugural AppliedHE Public & Private University Rankings: ALL ASIA, the first Asia-wide university ranking that separately recognizes both public and private universities while placing student feedback and employability outcomes at the heart of its methodology. This new ranking responds to the growing demand for…
By Ruth A Pagell* (2 Dec 2025) The U.S. government’s shutdown during October and November resulted in similar topics for the October and Novembers webinars. The presenters for these two webinars updated the September presentation, focused on Trump’s “Compact for Excellence in Higher Education”, and covered questions from participants based on pervious discussions. The…
(5 Nov 2025) Recently, ABC News reported that a Murdoch University student was taking legal action over what he claims are false allegations of unauthorized AI use in an assignment. In subsequent weeks, another report from the same outlet revealed that several Australian universities had been using AI to detect AI in student work, sparking debate over…
Global higher education policies are often underpinned by bibliometric performance metrics. While these targets ostensibly aim at raising the quality of academic work, Aikerim Bektemirova argues in authoritarian states they can be deployed to discipline and constrain academic freedom. (29 Aug 2025) Across the world, academic metrics (journal impact factors, citation indexes and university rankings)…
(25 Aug 2025) I apologize for being so far behind on my current Ruth’s Rankings article on Impact, but every morning’s news brings more discouraging postings from my government on its involvement in education and research. It makes rankings seem trivial and it makes my colleagues and I feel helpless. By the time I finished…
(11 Aug 2025) Sophie White, Content Marketing and Program Manager and Jenay Robert, Senior Researcher at EDUCAUSE talk with Leo S. Lo, Jeanne Beatrix Law, and Anissa Vega about practical strategies for guiding student and faculty AI use and literacy. Takeaways from this episode: Providing multiple entry points for faculty to learn about and…
(15 Jul 2025) Universities that relied too heavily on detection software to find students guilty of using generative artificial intelligence tools to draft assignments have been rapped over the knuckles by the sector ombudsman for England and Wales. The Office of the Independent Adjudicator (OIA) has issued new guidance urging institutions to be mindful of the “limitations” of…
(12 May 2025) This year’s teaching and learning Horizon Report captures the spirit of transformation through the lens of emerging trends, key technologies and practices, and scenario-based foresight. This report surfaces not only what is changing but how and why these shifts are happening. The insights and provocations offered here reflect the perspectives of a…