A First for Udacity: a U.S. University Will Accept Transfer Credit for One of Its Courses

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A Colorado university is announcing on Thursday that it will give full transfer credit to students who complete a free introductory computer-science course offered by the online-education start-up company Udacity.

The announcement, by Colorado State University-Global Campus, is a milestone for the Stanford University spinoff.

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Katherine Mangan writes about campus diversity, student activism, government efforts to shape higher education, and how colleges are responding and sometimes resisting. Follow her @KatherineMangan, or email her at katie.mangan@chronicle.com