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

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Despite all that opposition, and the fact that colleges are returning to in-person teaching, sales of proctoring software have been robust. There is a lot of concern in higher ed about Chegg and Course Hero,” Urdan says, “which everyone acknowledges are cheating tools.” "We

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FTC Takes Action Against Chegg for Alleged Data Breaches

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In response to the consumer protection agency's announcement, Chegg said it has cooperated with the government and will comply fully with its orders to revamp its data security efforts. The post FTC Takes Action Against Chegg for Alleged Data Breaches appeared first on Market Brief.

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With No Study Buddies, More College Students Turn to Cheating

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Joseph Ching, a junior at Purdue University, says many of his professors have warned students not to use sites like Chegg, where students are posting homework and quiz questions and getting answers from tutors. I reached out to Chegg, and sure enough, business there is booming. Students pay for a subscription of $14.99

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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 And he said the company’s policies mean that they have to be the ones to make sure the site isn’t being abused.

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The Post-Pandemic Outlook for Edtech

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The Cloud Several tech giants have “large, entrenched footprints” when it comes to the administrative software that schools and colleges use, but only a minority of those institutions have switched to cloud-based systems, says Troy Williams, managing director of University Ventures. billion in venture capital.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” More on the policy change via IHE. ” Pearson and Chegg are partnering for textbook rentals. ” “Mixing Automation and a Human Touch, New Software Helps Keep Students ‘ On Task ’,” says Edsurge. Here’s the very short press release from the Department of Education.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” That’s Joel Rose ’s School of One software. ” Chalkbeat on vouchers in Indiana : “Choice for most: In nation’s largest voucher program, $16 million went to schools with anti-LGBT policies.” Impero Software has been acquired by Investment Technology Partners which paid $36.3