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Via The New York Times : “ Broadband Law Could Force Rural Residents Off Information Superhighway.” Chopra worked at the CFPB and, while there, “sued two for-profit-college companies – ITT Educational Services Inc. ” asks Fast Company. (I’m ” Presidential Campaign Politics.

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” “ University of California System is playing hardball with Elsevier in negotiations that could transform the way it pays to read and publish research,” says Inside Higher Ed. ” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. The company has previously raised some $10 million for its science curriculum.

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Not really ed-tech-related, except for all those companies saying they’re “Uber for education.” The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative ’s CTO, Brian Pinkerton , is leaving the company. ” The Chronicle of Higher Education on Elsevier “becoming a data company.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

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Just 22 schools with running water and basic supplies will start holding informal classes today in an attempt to kickstart recovery.” ” The largest student loan company is Navient. “‘Eton for all’: will robot teachers mean everyone gets an elite education? ” Education in the Courts.

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Via Nature : “One of the world’s largest science publishers, Elsevier , won a default legal judgement on 21 June against websites that provide illicit access to tens of millions of research papers and books. ” “Why So Many Top Hackers Hail from Russia ,” according to information security journalist Brian Krebs.

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Via Education Week : “ Students With Disabilities Sue ACT Over Release of Personal Information.” Via The Atlantic : “ School-Security Companies Are Thriving in the Era of Mass Shootings.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. “What if Your Favorite Teacher was a Robot?”

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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?” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction.