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5 Years Since Starbucks Offered to Help Baristas Attend College, How Many Have Graduated?

Edsurge

Yet in May, Humberstone crossed the commencement stage at ASU, becoming one of nearly 3,000 Starbucks employees who have earned bachelor’s degrees online through the company-university partnership program. “It Other interested companies and colleges should not underestimate the amount of support the Starbucks program requires, Young says.

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DEBT WITHOUT DEGREE: Gaps in financial aid, funding contribute to growing number of Georgians with college loans and no college degree

The Hechinger Report

They say that by 2025, more than 60 percent of Georgia jobs will require such credentials, and today only 45 percent of the state’s young adults have them. During the 2013-2014 school year, USG institutions awarded $28.8 million in need-based aid. REACH was launched in 2012 and currently serves 685 students. he asked himself.

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Is the hardest job in education convincing parents to send their kids to a San Francisco public school?

The Hechinger Report

The first family told her they live in Mission Bay, a rapidly redeveloping area where a new elementary school isn’t scheduled to open until 2025. But Koehler would need to meet many more kids like this one to stave off school closures forever. For two years, SFUSD has also worked with digital marketing companies.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. Without revenue the company will go away. Or the company will have to start charging for the software. Boundless’s materials have been archived by David Wiley’s company Lumen Learning. And “free” doesn’t last.

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Education Technology and the History of the Future of Credentialing

Hack Education

The Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior College (ACCJC), the accreditor for California’s community colleges, lost its appeal to the Department of Education in January and will have a year to resolve the issues surrounding its not meeting federal accreditation standards. Jobs for Grads. Preferably from Stanford.)

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” Via The Kansas City Star : “A lawyer for the largest teachers union in Kansas told the state Supreme Court on Tuesday that lawmakers’ 2014 decision to get rid of a job protection for tenured K–12 educators was unconstitutional.” – to the New York-based company Cyndx. The company has raised $7.45

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Via Broadly : “ Betsy DeVos to Meet with Men’s Rights Groups , Reports Say.” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “After Meeting With DeVos, Title IX Activists Say They Still Have Many Questions.” Kaplan is closing Dev Bootcamp , a coding bootcamp it acquired in 2014. and from Hacker News.