Hack Education

OCTOBER 6, 2017

Via the AP: “A new federal lawsuit by Pennsylvania ’s attorney general says the nation’s largest student loan company engaged in abusive practices that have cost borrowers billions of dollars.” ” The largest student loan company is Navient. She’s an investor in a company that targets that group.)

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NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. Sometimes it’s fun to look back at old stories that the tech press dutifully pumped out about this company. Tutoring company Topica Edtech Group has raised $50 million from Northstar Group. The company has raised $16.6

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Hack Education

AUGUST 10, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. Via The Atlantic : “ School-Security Companies Are Thriving in the Era of Mass Shootings.” I am sensing a trend here… preschool management companies. The company has raised $24.1 National) Education Politics.

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MAY 5, 2017

.” Via Politico : “A complex legal battle involving dozens of debt collection companies fighting over contracts with the Education Department has essentially suspended the government’s ability to collect defaulted student loans , the Trump administration disclosed in a court filing on Monday night.”

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Hack Education

JANUARY 19, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. There’s an article in the venture philanthropy section below about how private student loans are being pitched as “impact investing.” ” More news about a data breach at a testing company in the infosec section below.

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APRIL 27, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. Meanwhile on Campus… Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Florida State Cancels Bundled Journal Deal With Elsevier.” Ah yes, a giant technology company deciding what “good manners” sounds like. ”). .

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MAY 20, 2016

“ Apollo Education Group , the parent company of the University of Phoenix and Western International University , announced Thursday that it would eliminate the use of mandatory arbitration clauses in students’ enrollment agreements,” Inside Higher Ed reports. Elsevier has acquired SSRN , an online open access repository.

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MAY 19, 2017

Here are the education technology companies that have raised money from ISPs. ” “ Elsevier Wants $15 Million Piracy Damages From Sci-Hub and Libgen ,” says TorrentFreak. I’d totally forgotten that Zynga was still a thing, but apparently the company has enough money to subsidize gaming courses.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2017

The sale of the Apollo Education Group , parent company of the University of Phoenix , has been finalized. See her article on Betsy DeVos in the politics section above.). Elsevier has acquired Plum Analytics. Student loan company SoFi will acquire Zenbanx. ” The “New” For-Profit Higher Ed. million total.

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. Although the shooting is a local story, I am putting many of the articles here in the national section because, over a week later, it is still very much in the national headlines. National) Education Politics. “Open.”

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MARCH 2, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. ” (I’m including this here because all of these entities – Kushner’s family, the companies he received loans from – have education investments too.). .” National) Education Politics. These Schools Already Do.”

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FEBRUARY 2, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. The “pioneer in the science of learning,” as Inside Higher Ed puts it , will help the technology company with its internal training program. ” The company, which has raised some $107.4 National) Education Politics.

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JUNE 24, 2016

.” Testing, Testing… Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “These days, everyone’s talking about ‘equity,’ and now a testing company has affixed the word to a new effort. An in-depth look at for profit companies selling their education products and services in Africa. “Can U.S.

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JUNE 3, 2016

Lots of reporting on various court filings in the Trump University case, particularly those about the company’s “ playbooks ” detailing how former employees sold its course packages, targeting vulnerable populations. ” Via Inside Higher Ed : “Communications Experts Criticize Elsevier - Florida Pilot.”

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