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Impatient with universities’ slow pace of change, employers go around them

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That’s what Eastern Washington did, using edX courses in data analytics and related topics developed by Microsoft and other employers and academics, and adding extra support from faculty in classrooms in what’s known as blended learning. Related: How to save the humanities? Soni is more blunt.

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Profile of Asbury Park (NJ) Superintendent Sancha Gray

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and students are thriving under innovative initiatives that include blended learning, tech-rich classrooms, and exposure to hope and opportunities for lifelong success. Just four years later, graduation rates have spiked 21.8%

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