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From Neutrality to Inequality: Why the FCC Is Dismantling Equal Access and What It Could Mean for Education

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The college library, catalog, financial aid, admissions, registration, and of course, the school’s website, all have important digital services and are all easily accessible on the net. Under the new FCC guidelines, these historic protections will now be crippled. Clogged Streams.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). In related MOOC news, there's more on “ nanodegrees ” in the “credentialing” section below. “ Online tutoring by students raises access fears,” says the Times Higher Education. But how do they compare to the old one and the ACT ?”

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Hack Education Weekly News

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“Obama administration guidelines for LGBT student protections under Title IX remain in place, and the student codes at Liberty and Bob Jones Universities appear to violate them,” says Inside Higher Ed. .” ” (Did you know he recorded his first mixtape at the Chicago Public Library’s YOUmedia studio ?).

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Via The New York Times : “ Trump Drops Defense of Obama Guidelines on Transgender Students.” ” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” “Should Online Courses Go Through ‘Beta Testing’?” NPR on MOOC Micromasters. ” More via WaPo and Buzzfeed. Disclosure alert.).

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

The Department of Education has released its newly proposed guidelines for school accountability. Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). MOOCs for credit ! For more on MOOCs for credit, see the “MOOCs” section above. More via The New York Times. More via Politico.

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on Wednesday announced new guidelines that aim to provide more transparent information for borrowers and more accountability for the companies that manage repayment of federal student loans ,” Inside Higher Ed reports. .” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). ” “U.S.

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Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). ” In other MIT news : “MIT task force releases preliminary ‘Future of Libraries ’ report.” ” Edsurge points to new guidelines for education companies participating in Y Combinator ’s startup accelerator program.