Edsurge
FEBRUARY 28, 2018
Elsevier, one of the world’s largest publishers of scientific journals, hasn’t been shy about shifting away from just publishing to offering a set of tools for scholars to use throughout the research process. Higher education leaders have been watching Elsevier’s overall strategy with caution—and some concern.
Hack Education
SEPTEMBER 2, 2016
Chopra worked at the CFPB and, while there, “sued two for-profit-college companies – ITT Educational Services Inc. ” It’s now unclear, observers say, if the FTC can regulate companies like Google or Verizon. ” “Two assessment companies – Educational Testing Service and Data Recognition Corp.
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Hack Education
AUGUST 11, 2017
Not really ed-tech-related, except for all those companies saying they’re “Uber for education.” ” The New York Times on “ mastery based learning ” : “A New Kind of Classroom: No Grades, No Failing, No Hurry.” The company has $8.3 ” Education in the Courts. ” Holy s**t.
Hack Education
OCTOBER 6, 2017
Via the AP: “A new federal lawsuit by Pennsylvania ’s attorney general says the nation’s largest student loan company engaged in abusive practices that have cost borrowers billions of dollars.” ” The largest student loan company is Navient. She’s an investor in a company that targets that group.)
Hack Education
NOVEMBER 10, 2016
” Shares in for-profit higher education companies were up on news of Trump’s election. ” Via AFR : “ Peter Thiel’s company Palantir Defense could win contracts under Donald Trump.” ’ Inside America’s classrooms in the wake of Trump’s win.” Meanwhile on Campus.
Hack Education
NOVEMBER 30, 2018
There’s more MOOC news down in the “labor and management” section below, perhaps prompting another question that Edsurge doesn’t think to ask: “How viable are these companies that are being used to outsource and privatize online higher education?” The company has raised $16.6 It was a nightmare.’”
Hack Education
AUGUST 10, 2018
Via The Atlantic : “ School-Security Companies Are Thriving in the Era of Mass Shootings.” Google has updated its pseudo-LMS, Classroom. More Google PR, this time from The Verge : “ Google is adding ARCore support to the Chromebook Tab 10 with Classroom updates.” The company has raised $24.1
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