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Cheating on Chegg? Maybe Not on Its Tutoring Platform

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That’s an example of a request that can be found on online tutoring services like Chegg, as shared by a senior data scientist at the company, Sanghamitra Deb. Yet this is the kind of “help” that Chegg’s tutoring service can sometimes be used for. But Chegg doesn’t take action against the person making the request.

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Why I'm Still Bullish About the State of Edtech

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More than $1 billion in headline-grabbing transactions are likely to be announced at the event. 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

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Some Professors Fight Study-Help Sites. Other Professors Now Use Them.

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At about the same time, though, Rutgers officials sent out an email to all faculty at the university, warning about Course Hero and another service, Chegg, where students were posting faculty tests and exams without permission. “We One of the other giants of the study-aid world, Chegg, has also come under criticism by professors.

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Platzi Raises $6 Million to Bring More Online Education to Latin America

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Gonzalez’s firm last invested in student services provider Chegg, but hadn’t found another education company that piqued his interest until his firm started talks with Platzi. Students answer each other’s questions on the platform and attend in-person events hosted by Platzi in places like Mexico City and Madrid.

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Byju’s Becomes an Edtech ‘Decacorn’ After Fundraise from Mary Meeker’s Bond Capital

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A combination of aggressive sales tactics, ads featuring Bollywood actors and high-profile events, including learning competitions in stadiums, helped propel its growth, according to company employees we spoke with for a profile of Byju’s last year. But just as Byju’s is quick with raising money, the company also spends it fast.

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2U Defends Trilogy Bootcamp Purchase

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A fellow publicly traded education technology company, Chegg, has promised low-cost courses with its own bootcamp acquisition, Thinkful. Our business with Trilogy is at a scale and doing it with university partners in a way that no one else in the market is doing,” Paucek said in response to an analyst’s question about Chegg.

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Education Technology’s Machine Learning Problem—and Responsibility

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The speakers were Carlos Escapa (Senior Principal, AI/ML Business Development, Amazon Web Services), Vivienne Ming (Founder and CEO, Socos Labs), Matthew Ramirez (Director of Product Management, AI Writing Tools, Chegg) and Andrew Sutherland (CTO and co-founder, Quizlet).

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