WHO'S NO. 1?

The University of Maryland-Baltimore County tracks the techiness of professors' teaching by their use of Blackboard, the course-management system used on the campus. The leading user in the social-work department, for example, is an instructor, Katherine Morris (above), who says she will "definitely" mention that status in any subsequent job applications. (Photograph courtesy of Katherine Morris)

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WINNERS IN SLUGGISH TIMES: An author of a Sloan Consortium report says the bad economy will be good for enrollment in online courses, especially at certain kinds of colleges.

COLLEGE CHANGES HANDS: A private-equity group has bought Northcentral University, an online institution with an enrollment of about 7,500.