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Automated Proctoring Swept In During Pandemic. It’s Likely to Stick Around, Despite Concerns

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And the pandemic also saw rapid growth of another tech trend : students using websites to cheat on exams. There is a lot of concern in higher ed about Chegg and Course Hero,” Urdan says, “which everyone acknowledges are cheating tools.” "We We often found out who the cheater was before Chegg got back to us.”

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Edtech Earnings Roundup: How 2U, Chegg, Instructure and Pluralsight Fared in Q2 2019

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Chegg The numbers: For the second quarter, ended June 30, Chegg reported an adjusted EBITDA of $31.1 Later this year, Chegg will start testing a bundled product that includes its Study, Math Solver and EasyBib Plus products for a substantial subscription discount, fully deploying the bundle in 2020. Chegg now has about $1.1

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Codecademy, an Early (and Now Profitable) Pioneer of Coding Education, Raises $40M in New Funding

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Codecademy provides online training in more than a dozen popular coding languages and has a growing list of targeted programs for specific subjects including data science, machine learning and game development. Learning at work is just an absolutely massive trend that we intend to tap into over the next couple of years,” Sims said. “I

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Why I'm Still Bullish About the State of Edtech

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Chegg (NYSE: CHGG) is down 43.8 We wouldn’t be surprised if 2U or Chegg were taken private in the next year, since both companies have strong fundamentals and exceptional human capital. Skillsoft (NYSE: SKIL) is down 50.8 percent, the company went public via SPAC in June 2021 at $10/share. Nerdy (NYSE: NRDY) is down 47.1

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The Post-Pandemic Outlook for Edtech

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Maybe that’s a trend that will stick over time.” Here’s a look at other trends experts foresee for the edtech industry as the pandemic continues to shake up education. Before the pandemic, according to the latest available data, only 15 percent of U.S. But suddenly, almost all students are taking classes entirely online.

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Predictions of Print Textbooks’ Death Remain Greatly Exaggerated

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Spending data suggests that instructional software is indeed growing in classrooms. Goldman, vice president of textbooks and e-books at Chegg, a student services provider that notably sold its print textbook inventory to Ingram in 2015, adoption of digital materials among students has been slower than he predicted. billion to $3.3

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MissionU Says It Can Replace Traditional College With a One-Year Program

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At the start, MissionU will offer only one major: data analytics and business intelligence. They include Facebook, Uber, Lyft, Spotify, Warby Parker, Casper, Birchbox, Plated, 2U, and Chegg. “In Bryan Alexander is a futurist, consultant, and close watcher of higher education trends. Too Job Focused?

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