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ACT’s Latest Act: Investing in an Open-Source Assessment Startup

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Ever since taking the helm as CEO in 2015, Marten Roorda says ACT has closed 10 deals in which it has invested in, acquired or formed strategic partnerships with educational companies. That requires data and data analytics, and we are building our own internal capabilities.

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Will 'Publish or Perish' Become 'Clicks or Canned'? The Rise of Academic Social Networks

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Vasquez, who co-authored a 2015 paper comparing services and tools offered by various academic social networks, says researchers must weigh the benefits and drawbacks of each. Mendeley started as an open-access research network, and some researchers balked when publishing giant Elsevier purchased the site in 2013.

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Colleges Are Striking Bulk Deals With Textbook Publishers. Critics Say There Are Many Downsides.

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And of course there are other vendors, like Elsevier and Wiley (like Jones Soda and RC) and openly-licensed resources known as OER, or open education resources (which are something like a Sodastream homebrew). A 2015 regulation by the U.S. Who Owns Student Data? But what if price isn’t the biggest issue?

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” Via Gamasutra : “Parents take Subway Surfers devs to court over alleged misuse of kids’ data.” ” A master of science in data journalism from Columbia University’s School of Journalism. ” The Chronicle of Higher Education on Elsevier “becoming a data company.”

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She and her husband also donated $200,000 to AFC’s charitable arm in 2014 and 2015 through the Dick and Betsy DeVos Family Foundation. senators released a bill Monday that would overturn the ban on a federal student-level data system that would allow for the tracking of employment and graduation rates. Upgrades and Downgrades.

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Senate bill compels data collection on foreign-born college students.” Data dashboards. “ inBloom ’s collapse undermined personalized learning and data standards efforts,” says danah boyd. (I’m It planned to do so back in 2015.) Elsevier has acquired Plum Analytics. An education IPO!

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” A ruling from the Court of Justice of the European Union raises interesting questions about the ownership of student data : “Exam scripts and examiner’s corrections are personal data of the exam candidate.” Via the Indianapolis Business Journal : “Legal skirmishes break out over ITT documents, data.”