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MAY 5, 2017

More on last week’s Purdue and Kaplan deal: “ Purdue ’s deal for Kaplan U trades a long-term business relationship for low up-front costs while raising worries – especially among faculty groups – about blurred lines between public and private higher ed,” Inside Higher Ed reports.

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JUNE 16, 2017

Via Buzzfeed : “How Betsy DeVos Could Break Up The Charter School Coalition.” ” Via Buzzfeed : “The Education Department Quietly Invited Anti-LGBT Groups To A Father’s Day Event.” ” Via NPR : “How To Apply The Brain Science Of Resilience To The Classroom.”

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

Thank God we spent the last 20 years paying a dozen middle-aged white men to rehash the same articles on how political correctness on campus is the true threat to free speech [link] — Dara Very Rude Elevator Screamers Kaye (@DaraKaye) October 29, 2018. Via Edsurge : “Campus Support for OER is Growing, Survey Finds.”

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MAY 27, 2016

Testing, Testing… “ Common Core testing group wages aggressive campaign against critics on social media,” according to The Washington Post’s Valerie Strauss. Elsewhere in for-profit higher ed: “ Veterans Groups Seek a Crackdown on Deceptive Colleges,” The New York Times reports.

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