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” And by “take on,” that means “investigating and suing universities over affirmative action admissions policies deemed to discriminate against white applicants.” ” More on Trump’s proposed immigration policies in the immigration section below. ” Make them learn to code , of course.

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34 Percent Of Graduates Received A Diploma Against District Policy.” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). It’s baaaaack: “Return of the MOOC ,” The City Journal tells us. There’s some (sorta) MOOC-related news in the venture funding section below.

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Says He Will Lead Federal Task Force on Higher-Ed Policy,” The Chronicle of Higher Education reports. Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via George Veletsianos : “A large-scale study of Twitter Use in MOOCs.” ” Research finds there’s a " global achievement gap in MOOCs.

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DeVos is the former chair of the American Federation for Children, which advocates for school choice policies, such as tax credit scholarships and vouchers. ” “ Elsevier Wants $15 Million Piracy Damages From Sci-Hub and Libgen ,” says TorrentFreak. ” Education in the Courts. ” asks IHE blogger Joshua Kim.

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Nominee Betsy DeVos ’ Policy Circle?” “What countries can learn from PISA tests” – at least, according to The Economist. More on MOOC “degrees” and possible legal troubles in the politics section above. million fine.” ” Via Education Week : “Who Is Part of Ed.

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” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via Edsurge : “ Andrew Ng , Co-Founder of Coursera , Returns to MOOC Teaching With New AI Course.” ” The New York Times on “ mastery based learning ” : “A New Kind of Classroom: No Grades, No Failing, No Hurry.”

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Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). “Can Venture Capital Put Personalized Learning Within Reach of All Students?” It’s so revealing how this is framed – the problem with “personalized learning” up ’til now? Elsevier has acquired Hivebench.