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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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The Post-Pandemic Outlook for Edtech

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For the edtech industry, the pandemic poses a paradox. Many of the investors are new to the industry, Brothers notes. There’s a lot of private capital around the world that has a new appreciation for this industry.” For general investors, edtech wasn’t sexy and it wasn’t mainstream. Coronavirus really changed that.

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Acquisition Autopsy: Details—and Questions—Behind MissionU’s $4M Sale to WeWork

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Usually, when a hot startup gets acquired by an even hotter one, the industry cheers. But reactions to this month’s announcement that MissonU has been bought by WeWork have been lukewarm, if not entirely absent. Few, if any, of MissionU’s financial backers publicly celebrated the transaction on Twitter or elsewhere.

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Look Who’s Talking—Michael Trucano from the Brookings Institution on AI in education

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Current areas of inquiry include artificial intelligence in education, the use of digital educational credentials and, more broadly, emerging edtech policies, initiatives, and institutions after the pandemic. I’m going to use Chegg PT to do this. Teachers are going to lose their jobs when. 00:05:24 Speaker 2 Yeah.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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OpenSecrets.org on how the student loan industry and higher ed institutions spend their lobbying dollars : “The politics behind your college and how you pay for it.” ” Chalkbeat on vouchers in Indiana : “Choice for most: In nation’s largest voucher program, $16 million went to schools with anti-LGBT policies.”

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Students, celebrities connect for tutoring

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Students will have the chance to connect directly with celebrities in one-on-one tutoring sessions through Chegg Tutors: VIP Edition. All tutoring sessions will take place this fall through Chegg’s online tutoring platform, Chegg Tutors. All applications for Chegg Tutors: VIP Edition are due by October 23rd.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” Challenging forced arbitration clauses has been one way the CFPB has taken on the student loan industry. Via Buzzfeed : “A Close Ally Of Mike Pence Is Helping The Shady Student Debt Relief Industry.” Chegg has acquired Cogeon for $15 million. ” The Business of Student Loans.

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