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Via Edsurge : “After Net Neutrality , Experts Expect Changes to FCC’s E-Rate.” ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. Edsurge reports that Weld North Education will still be run by former Kaplan exec Jonathan Grayer. ” (State and Local) Education Politics. ” More via NPR. .”

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” That’s Kaplan University and the Art Institutes. More on the Kaplan news via The Chronicle of Higher Education. ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. “ Imagine how great universities could be without all those human teachers ,” says Quartz , lauding the fantasy that robots will replace teachers.

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Via Education Week : “ E-Rate , Other Universal-Service Funds to Be Transferred to U.S. “ Purdue-Kaplan online university one step closer to reality,” the Journal & Courier reports. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. .” Via Education Week : “ ESSA Point Man Jason Botel to Leave Education Dept.

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The department’s proposed language would require a student borrower to demonstrate clear and convincing evidence that their college intended to deceive them or had a reckless disregard for the truth in making claims about job-placement rates, credit transferability and other outcomes.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

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” There are more stories about Purdue University Global, formerly the for-profit Kaplan University, in the “labor and management” section below. ” There are more stories about Purdue University Global, formerly the for-profit Kaplan University, in the “labor and management” section below.

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“5 Reasons Why e-textbooks in Egypt Would Be Inequitable” by Maha Bali. Purdue University is buying Kaplan University for a dollar. Me, I wrote about how far Kaplan Inc ’s reach is in education politics and products. ” Via NBC News : “How to Thrive: Arianna Huffington Launches E-Learning Series.”

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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“To Save Students Money, Colleges May Force a Switch to E-Textbooks,” The Chronicle of Higher Education reported in 2010. The story examined a proposed practice: “Colleges require students to pay a course-materials fee, which would be used to buy e-books for all of them (whatever text the professor recommends, just as in the old model).”

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