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To Build Voice Recognition for Early Literacy, Soapbox Labs Gives Kids a Voice

Edsurge

In 2003, a team of Harvard University researchers concluded a survey and mapped out the idiosyncrasies in the pronunciation of common English words across the globe. They include the MIT Media Lab, which is using the system for an educational robotics project, and Lingumi, a developer of an English learning app for young children.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. ” Via Inside Higher Ed : “Compensation survey from AAUP says faculty salaries are up slightly year over year, but institutional budgets continue to be balanced ‘on the backs’ of adjuncts and out-of-state students.” ” Spoiler alert: humans.

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The looming decline of the public research university

The Hechinger Report

Among other things, they say, their work could lead to the kind of robotic exoskeletons imagined in the movie Aliens. In a 2013 survey by the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities, more than three-quarters of provosts said federal spending cuts tied to sequestration were taking a toll on their universities, including in research.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

This group of older borrowers collectively hold $247 billion in student debt, an amount that has roughly tripled since 2003.” ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. ” Via Inside Higher Ed : “Open Doors survey shows declines in new international students starting in fall 2016 , after years of growth.