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LinkedIn spends $1 billion on education company to improve skill training

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LinkedIn to acquire lynda.com to better connect the global workforce, says company. Through a subscription to lynda.com’s service, individual members and organizations have access to a collection of courses taught by what the company says are industry experts, offered in various languages.

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LinkedIn’s New Learning Platform to Recommend Lynda Courses for Professionals

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Today the social media site for professionals. If that offering sounds like what one might find on Lynda.com, which LinkedIn acquired 18 months ago. If that offering sounds like what one might find on Lynda.com, which LinkedIn acquired 18 months ago. The company, which is in the midst of being.

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Forbes’ 2018 ‘30 Under 30’ Came Early This Year. Here’s Who Made the Education List.

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Most of the 38 honorees (cofounders are grouped together) are listed as entrepreneurs, though their companies—and backgrounds—are rather diverse. Dias helps direct the Thiel Fellowship , the brainchild of billionaire Peter Thiel, which gives $100,000 grants to students that drop out of college and start their own companies.

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Reid Hoffman Challenges Universities to Embrace the ‘Network Effect’

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They addressed questions like, “How much should public universities let companies fund research?” and “How can higher-ed institutions broaden access to education without diminishing the quality of the learning experience for students?”. We are leading the world in terms of inequality in terms of access to higher education,” he said.

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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

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At the time, I wrote about the importance of APIs; the issues surrounding data security and privacy; the appeal of platforms for users and businesses; and the education and tech companies who were well-positioned (or at least wanting) to become education platforms. The company has raised some $77.5

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Via Education Week : “One million high school students from low-income families will receive free internet access under President Barack Obama’s ’ My Brother’s Keeper’ initiative for minority males, the White House announced.” Some say the earth is flat. Some say the world is a computer simulation.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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A bill in Missouri would end tenure for all new faculty hires starting in 2018 and require more student access to information about the job market for majors. ” They’re suing the company. The social media platform had raised $2.5 For-profit higher and student loan companies. Go, School Sports Team!

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