2U, the online education giant that acquired edX last year, just saw its stock price drop by half.

Confession: I used to think critical thinking meant being skeptical of everything. Question every headline, every claim, every source. Look beyond the face value. But critical thinking is structured evaluation, and knowing when to accept a good argument is as much a part of it as knowing when to reject a bad one. The people I know who are actually good at this are calmer, not louder. That’s what makes picking a course tricky. Two courses called “critical thinking” can teach almost nothing in c

Coursera has published its first quarterly report of 2022. Here are the essential numbers.

Udemy lays off 280 staff, representing 20% of its workforce, with plans to relocate half of the affected positions to lower-cost locations.

Udemy instructors face sudden drops in course ratings amid speculation that the platform’s GenAI rollout may be the cause.

The future of Coursera’s only credible alternative for universities rests in the hands of 2U’s creditors.