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Some colleges seek radical solutions to survive

The Hechinger Report

Photo: Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images. Thorsett is the president of Willamette University at a time the higher education sector is grappling with a historic enrollment decline and financial challenges that cry out not for incremental change, but for radical solutions. The move has other strategic advantages.

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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 38 Edition)

Doug Levin

Like so many others , I’ve made new friends and learned so very much, but I’m not sure what the future may hold. Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye this past week – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. I’m sorry.

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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 38 Edition)

Doug Levin

Like so many others , I’ve made new friends and learned so very much, but I’m not sure what the future may hold. Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye this past week – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. I’m sorry.

EdTech 150
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The current state of online learning: the Babson report

Bryan Alexander

What’s the current state of online learning? A new report from Babson, Pearson, the Online Learning Consortium et al, Grade Level ( pdf ), offers some intriguing observations about campus strategy and leadership. When asked “What Will Drive the Future of Higher Education?

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Via NPR : “What Trump And Clinton Have To Say About Education.” ” This seems dumb but you know, it makes for a headline: “ Higher ed split 50–50 on Clinton vs. Trump ,” according to Education Dive. ” Education Politics. ” Education Politics. ” Education in the Courts.

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Education Technology and the Promise of 'Free' and 'Open'

Hack Education

” Remember in 2012 when Udacity co-founder Sebastian Thrun predicted that in fifty years, “there will be only 10 institutions in the world delivering higher education and Udacity has a shot at being one of them”? Or, with its penchant for amnesia , has education technology already forgotten? Remember?

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