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Hack Education Weekly News

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” (Probably worth checking out Sara Goldrick-Rab’s comments on Twitter about this one.). Via The New York Times : “ Jeff Bezos Wants Ideas for Philanthropy , So He Asked Twitter.” ” “​ OER Researchers Don’t Disaggregate Data on Diverse Students. .” Top Hat has raised $7.5

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” “A Conveyor Belt of Dropouts and Debt at For-Profit Colleges ” by Susan Dynarski. Twitter announced big layoffs this week – 9% of its staff – and said it would shutter its video app Vine. Via eCampus News : “ Barnes & Noble Education announces advanced OER courseware.”