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Some colleges seek radical solutions to survive

The Hechinger Report

million since the last peak, in the fall of 2011 , according to the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. Colleges are also working to reduce their numbers of dropouts on the principle that it’s cheaper to provide the kind of support required to keep tuition-paying students than to recruit more. Will there be more?

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” There are more stories about Purdue University Global, formerly the for-profit Kaplan University, in the “labor and management” section below. ” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “Cumulative Growth in Number of MOOCs , 2011–18.” Gotta keep hyping that MOOC thing. Sounds legit.