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AllHere Gets a ‘Nudge’ to Scale Low-Cost, Research-Backed Way to Improve Student Outcomes

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He has partnered with other edtech companies on research projects, and he says he first met Smith about two years ago. When Bergman started looking into this topic in 2010, “there was a lot of existing research about the effectiveness of parent engagement. In other words, he gets to keep being a researcher. “We

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How a Billionaire’s Fellowship Spread Skepticism About College’s Value

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The year was 2010, and Michael Gibson found himself on the first day of a research job at a hedge fund run by the controversial billionaire Peter Thiel. They only back companies led by college dropouts and people who never studied in higher ed. Gibson had little experience in finance. in it at Oxford University.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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And here’s how it differs from the one that Obama issued in 2010. Via eCampus News : “Is higher ed ready for the big edtech explosion ?” ” Via Real Clear Education : “ K–12 Predictive Analytics : Time for Better Dropout Diagnosis.” ” More on the EO from Inside Higher Ed.