Hack Education

JANUARY 5, 2018

Via NPR : “Training For The Olympics Is Hard Enough. Weapons training and metal detectors are ed-tech. Edsurge reports that Weld North Education will still be run by former Kaplan exec Jonathan Grayer. ” Via Inside Higher Ed : “New Data on Enrollments , Employees, Libraries.” Yes, this is ed-tech.

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AUGUST 11, 2017

“ Purdue-Kaplan online university one step closer to reality,” the Journal & Courier reports. The Business of Job Training. ” Via The New York Times : “At Walmart Academy , Training Better Managers. Wired argues that “ Jeff Bezos Should Put His Billions Into Libraries.”

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JUNE 23, 2017

” Via The New York Times : “ Trump Move on Job Training Brings ‘ Skills Gap ’ Debate to the Fore.” ” More on the business of job training in its own section below. ” The Business of Job Training. .” Via The Washington Post : “ Education Dept. ” Upgrades and Downgrades.

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JUNE 29, 2018

” Wired on the project : “‘ ICE Is Everywhere’: Using Library Science to Map the Separation Crisis.” The former: Purdue University ; the latter: Kaplan University. The Business of Job Training. SecureSet Academy has acquired the cybersecurity training company HackEd. ” asks Edsurge.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

There are a variety of reasons for this: language barriers, lack of Internet access, incompatible devices, lack of training. The End of Library" Stories (and the Software that Seems to Support That). Siegler: “ The End of the Library.” The Internet has “replaced the importance of libraries as a repository for knowledge.

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APRIL 28, 2017

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. ” The Business of Job Training. EverFi also announced this week that it’s acquired the online compliance training company Workplace Answers. Or something else?

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Hack Education

MAY 19, 2017

” The New York Times looks at “ anti-tax fervor ” in southern Oregon , which will result in the one public library in Roseburg closing its doors. Via Edsurge : “Why Donald Graham Sold Kaplan University to Purdue for $1.” The online training company has raised $76 million total. Good job, team.).

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JUNE 16, 2017

An op-ed in Inside Higher Ed from EAB’s Melanie Hoe : “What the Purdue-Kaplan Deal Means for You.” ” Via Education Dive : “The Purdue-Kaplan Earthquake.” ” Student workers at the University of Chicago’s library have voted to unionize. The Business of Job Training.

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DECEMBER 4, 2017

Media Source, a company with several library-related products, including the publication School Library Journal. There were many questions about the faculty of Kaplan too – would they become employees of the state of Indiana? SoFi, the student loan company. In April, he orchestrated something else altogether.

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DECEMBER 15, 2017

Kaplan Inc has agreed to acquire the College for Financial Planning from Apollo Education Group. Looks like Kaplan Inc isn’t getting out of for-profit higher ed altogether, even with the sale of Kaplan University to Purdue.). ” The Business of Job Training. It’s an amazing amazing breakthrough.

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