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Why Purdue Professors Continue to Protest Purdue’s Purchase of a For-Profit U.

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If Purdue University’s purchase of the for-profit Kaplan University can be thought of as a wedding, there were plenty of people in the audience shouting objections throughout the ceremony. EdSurge: What was your initial reaction to the news that Purdue University would be buying Kaplan to create an online wing? You can’t do it.

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Education Technology, Betsy DeVos, and the Innovation Gospel

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Edsurge, which described her as a “ mainstream outsider ,” reassured its readers that DeVos “ believes that technology has a role to play in the classroom.” But doesn’t that pale in comparison to the importance of educating the future of our country? Of course, Uber and Lyft are for the wealthy. .”

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Via Education Week : “ Trump Signs Orders on Rural Broadband Access.” Vox on segregation in US public schools : “We can draw school zones to make classrooms less segregated. More on the for-profit formerly known as Kaplan University in the online education section below. This is how well your district does.”