Share|  Last week in the State of the Union address, President Obama asked Congress to hold colleges accountable for affordability, value, and student outcomes when determining federal student financial aid. Why just colleges? Anyone involved in higher education should make student success a priority. The first step is a willingness to change the rules to meet...

Share|  Higher education funding is getting more closely linked to student success than ever before. This new relationship is driving technology and business model changes (or at least conversations about change) in the sector at a pace that is set to really take off this year. The American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) ranks “Boosting...

Share|  At a meeting last year at Davidson County Community College (DCCC), in North Carolina, President Mary Rittling relayed a research finding that has stuck with me: one of the top reasons students drop out of college their first year is because they pick the wrong major. How does that happen? Part of the problem is that the federal student loan process, and...

Share|  Big and exciting news to share today:  Chris Etesse has joined Flat World as our CEO!   An early employee at Blackboard Inc., Chris was most recently Senior VP and Chief Technology Officer of Blackboard Student Services (formerly Presidium Inc.).  He was responsible for both technology strategy and the strategic accounts group, which provided a...

Share|  More questions have been coming in about our decision to replace free access with our Study Pass product ($19.95) starting Jan. 1, 2013.  Please continue to reach out. We encourage you to do that here on the blog using the comments field or send us an email. If we don’t have an answer right away, you can bet we’re working on it. For students...

Share|  To our customers: Thank you for your support this week. The decision to eliminate free access was a difficult one.  While some of you don’t agree with the decision, the majority of you do, and that is gratifying. Many of you have spoken up and raised questions that we’d like to share.  We’ll add to the list as they come in.  Please continue to...