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JANUARY 12, 2018

.” Via Inside Higher Ed : “A Pennsylvania judge has banned fraternity Pi Delta Psi from the state for a decade, a punishment for a hazing death in 2013, and an unprecedented step likely to rock the national Greek system.” awards debt collection contract to company with ties to DeVos.”

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JUNE 23, 2017

Via Inside Higher Ed : “The British government releases the results … of its new three-tiered rating system of teaching quality at universities.” Via Buzzfeed : “ Betsy DeVos Picked A Student Loan CEO To Run The Student Loan System.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. ” Teacher of the Year indeed.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

Via The New Yorker : “ Georgia ’s Separate and Unequal Special-Education System.” ” Also Facebook ’s DC lobbyist, Joel Kaplan, who was sitting right behind Kavanaugh as he screamed at Senators. “ Is Running a Company Like Leading a Classroom? Robots and Other Education Science Fiction.

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MAY 5, 2017

For nearly 30 years, Medicaid has helped school systems cover costs for special education services and equipment, from physical therapists to feeding tubes. ” The Department of Education has rehired student loan debt collectors fired by the Obama Administration: Enterprise Recovery Systems and Navient-owned Pioneer Credit Recovery.

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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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MAY 19, 2017

senators released a bill Monday that would overturn the ban on a federal student-level data system that would allow for the tracking of employment and graduation rates. Here are the education technology companies that have raised money from ISPs. Via Edsurge : “Why Donald Graham Sold Kaplan University to Purdue for $1.”

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JUNE 29, 2018

The former: Purdue University ; the latter: Kaplan University. Department of Education officials sent a letter to DeVry University ’s parent company, Adtalem Global Education Inc. ” Via The New York Times : “ Robots or Job Training : Manufacturers Grapple With How to Improve Their Economic Fortunes.”

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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.

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JULY 6, 2018

Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos today announced that the Puerto Rico Department of Education (PRDE) will be the first to pilot new flexibility under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) to create a student-centered funding system. ” That’s Kaplan , in case you can’t keep all these for-profit disasters straight.

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JULY 14, 2017

” Via Inside Higher Ed : “John Behling, the new president of the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents , said Friday that he wants institutions to recruit leaders from the private sector and otherwise ‘streamline’ the process for hiring chancellors and other top administrators. .” for Robotics Contest.”

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DECEMBER 17, 2017

” I’ve looked at how for-profit colleges , MOOCs , and learn-to-code companies have tapped into these narratives in order to justify their products and services. ” That’s because the stories told this year to keep us hustling and to keep up imagining a certain kind of future are almost all about robots.

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JUNE 2, 2017

” No disclosure in the article that Edsurge shares investors with both these companies. No disclosure , no surprise, that Edsurge shares investors with this company. Via the BBC : “ Edinburgh University blames a system error for ‘failed degree’ emails.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2018

” Oh sure sure, this isn’t exactly education technology news, except for the part where Khosla invests in education technology companies and his wife founded the open education organization CK–12. Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “As Kaplan Sale Faces Final Hurdle, Purdue President Criticizes Faculty Opponents.”

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OCTOBER 13, 2017

The move comes after criticism from government watchdogs who warned of financial entanglements with private companies vying for millions in GI Bill tuition.” Via The Washington Post : “A hiccup in Purdue ’s acquisition of for-profit Kaplan University.” ” The “New” For-Profit Higher Ed.

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MARCH 9, 2018

Paul School System.” ” Via The Conversation : “ Purdue-Kaplan deal blurs lines between for-profit and public colleges.” ” There’s more on the new Kaplan in the accreditation section below. Now the company is betting big on both,” says Inside Higher Ed. Via Edsurge : “?In

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