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The Digital Library’s Best-Kept Secret

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In addition to better collaboration and communication throughout the university, there are a number of edtech companies out there that synthesize the process for you. OER awareness (or lack thereof) stems from misunderstanding of how OERs work, and the complete ignorance of its very existence.

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How a Billionaire’s Fellowship Spread Skepticism About College’s Value

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They only back companies led by college dropouts and people who never studied in higher ed. This debate about the value of college, and growing doubts, may stem from bigger questions that go back to the founding of this country, and about the American Dream that anyone can pull themselves up by their bootstraps.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Related, via Salon : “ Silicon Valley ’s $300M donation to STEM educatio n is not what it seems.” Via ProPublica : “ For-Profit Schools Get State Dollars For Dropouts Who Rarely Drop In.” ” Via EdScoop : “ USC launches edtech research center focused on underrepresented youth.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” From the Department of Education press release : “Secretary DeVos Accepts President Trump’s Q2 Salary as a Donation for STEM-Focused Camp.” Bloomberg reports that “ Trump Administration Tapping Tech CEOs for STEM Policy Approach.” “ Is higher ed creating the next dropout factories?

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

despite having Arizona ’s third-highest dropout rate.” ’” Via Edsurge : “School’s Out for the Latest Y Combinator Batch, and Here’s What Its Edtech Graduates Are Up to.” ” Via the Google blog : “ VR Labs open doors of opportunity for STEM students.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Via Inside Higher Ed : “The University of Louisville ’s head basketball coach has been suspended for the first five Atlantic Coast Conference games of the season, a piece of the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s punishment stemming from a prostitution scandal that has roiled the institution for two years.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” Via CNET : “ Trump signs laws to promote women in STEM.” Via eCampus News : “Is higher ed ready for the big edtech explosion ?” Via The Atlantic : “The STEM Superhero of Sesame Street.” ” Here’s the Department of Education press release. Upgrades and Downgrades.