Higher ed may be changing for real this year. Today startup Udacity and the California State University system announced they would jointly pilot classes specifically to provide students with a ...

In June 2012, Calif. Gov. Jerry Brown called Silicon Valley entrepreneur Sebastian Thrun asking for help. The result? San Jose State Plus, online courses for academic credit. Sumi Das Producer / ...

The ongoing discussion about online learning and its evolving role within higher education continued Thursday afternoon at a talk given by Sebastian Thrun, co-founder and chief executive officer of ...

In January, San Jose State University made a big announcement: It had reached a deal with the startup Udacity to offer college classes for credit online, for a modest fee, not only to its own students ...

I probably could have learned faster from a book, but I think I enjoyed the social aspects of Udacity more than working on something alone. In addition, the teaching was top-notch and despite the fact ...

Udacity, the online education startup founded by self-driving car veteran Sebastian Thrun, is opening its digital doors to potential flying car engineers. In a blog post Tuesday, the company said it ...

After six months of high-profile experimentation, San Jose State University plans to “pause” its work with Udacity, a company that promises to deliver low-cost, high-quality online education to the ...