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Top 25 edWebinars of 2020

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In 2020, our edWebinars have had over 1,300,000 live and on-demand views—nearly triple the number of 2019. If you get some downtime over the holidays, it’s a great time to catch up on some of the most viewed edWebinars of 2020. The post Top 25 edWebinars of 2020 appeared first on edWeb. Have a safe and happy holiday!

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Why State Universities Are Buying Up Online Colleges

Edsurge

Purdue University did it in 2017 when it purchased the for-profit Kaplan University , which boasted about 32,000 students, most of them online. The University of Arizona followed the same playbook in 2020 when it bought for-profit Ashford University, which had 35,000 online students at the time.

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Why I’m Optimistic About the Next Wave of Education Technology

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More than 80 percent of the edtech startups created in the past five years will not survive through 2020. Between 2004 and 2011, I worked as an executive in SchoolNet and Kaplan, both of which grew into successful and innovative education companies. Kaplan thrived during the decade, growing to more than $2.8 billion in 2010.

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New U Venture Partners Gets a New Partner, Name and Investment Scope

Edsurge

The education technology investment firm first launched in January 2020 as a partnership between Western Governors University and EPIC Ventures, and raised over $52 million for its first fund. At Kaplan, she managed its online higher-ed business and its edtech startup accelerator, and started a scholarship fund for undocumented students.

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PROOF POINTS: 861 colleges and 9,499 campuses have closed down since 2004

The Hechinger Report

It shut down four campuses after it purchased for-profit Kaplan University in 2018 and converted it to a public four-year university called Purdue Global. The two organizations collaborated on a research project tracking 143,000 students at 467 campuses that closed between 2004 and 2020. One big exception was Purdue University.

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Cuidado infantil, asientos para bebés y otras maneras simples de mantener a madres adolescentes en la escuela

The Hechinger Report

Foto: Emily Kaplan para The Hechinger Report. Foto: Emily Kaplan para The Hechinger Report. Foto: Emily Kaplan para The Hechinger Report. Foto: Emily Kaplan para The Hechinger Report. Foto: Emily Kaplan para The Hechinger Report. Antes de marcharse, Viviana se volvió y saludó con la mano para despedirse de su hija.

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The Still-Evolving Future of University Credentials

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The number of open badges awarded nearly doubled from 24 million in 2018 to 43 million in 2020. Then came the pandemic and even steeper drops that “show no signs of recovery from 2020” as documented by the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center and other sources.

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