The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 24, 2011

The company is also lifting some of its "per-seat" licensing fees so that those not enrolled in classes aren''t charged for accessing the material. A newly released report from Georgetown University''s Center on Education and the Workforce looks at the future of STEM-related jobs. See PDF for more details.) Definitely worth a listen.

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Hack Education

AUGUST 24, 2018

” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “ For-Profit Companies With the Highest Enrollments at Their Colleges, Fall 2016.” ” There are more stories about Purdue University Global, formerly the for-profit Kaplan University, in the “labor and management” section below. ” Labor and Management.

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Hack Education

MAY 19, 2017

Here are the education technology companies that have raised money from ISPs. Via Edsurge : “Why Donald Graham Sold Kaplan University to Purdue for $1.” I’d totally forgotten that Zynga was still a thing, but apparently the company has enough money to subsidize gaming courses. ” More via Education Week.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Without revenue the company will go away. Or the company will have to start charging for the software. Or it will raise a bunch of venture capital to support its “free” offering for a while, and then the company will get acquired and the product will go away. And “free” doesn’t last. Sometimes they strike a deal.

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Hack Education

JULY 14, 2017

Kaplan is closing Dev Bootcamp , a coding bootcamp it acquired in 2014. Also via Edsurge : “How Boundaries Between Colleges and Companies Will Continue to Blur.” Tutoring company Clark has raised $2.2 The learn-to-code company has raised $1.62 The learn-to-code company has raised $1.62 million total.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 15, 2017

” This stems from a protest at the University of Connecticut. ” I’ll be adding student loan company Quiklo to the ed-tech dead pool. Kaplan Inc has agreed to acquire the College for Financial Planning from Apollo Education Group. ” Inside Higher Ed on Knewton ’s “pivot.”

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