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Consolidation, Collaboration or Closure? How Colleges Stay Alive in 2018

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Purdue and Kaplan University stunned the higher education world. What will be the most important technological development in higher education in 2018? Terah Crews: Active-learning classroom technology. The last year certainly turned in its share of surprises. Prominent full-time MBA and law programs folded.

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SXSWedu 2017: Ones to Watch and What to Know

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But the technology lends a question: to what extent should educational products make assumptions about a user’s end goal? Speakers from University of Virginia, University of Maryland, MIT and University of Pennsylvania will share what works, what doesn’t and how they have built structures to support technology initiatives on their campuses.

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This Year’s ASU+GSV Summit Is Hard to Describe. Here’s Our Best Attempt.

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education technology investors is creating a new fund to support deals overseas. Maia Sharpley , who spent 9 years as vice president for strategy and innovation with Kaplan , is now a full partner with Learn Capital. We provide some kind of example that you can survive outside that system” of federal aid.

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technologizing” the government. Via Inside Higher Ed : “The as-yet unnamed online university resulting from the proposed acquisition of Kaplan University by Purdue University has set discounted tuition rates for in-state students and free tuition for Purdue employees.” For-profit Hickey College will close.

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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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Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. His wife is also the founder of the OER organization CK12. And before you sic your PR team on me, yes, I realize that Purdue Global is not a for-profit, even though it’s mostly a rebranded Kaplan. National) Education Politics.

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The NAACP endorses OER. 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 Campus Technology : “ Pearson Expands Textbook Rental Program.” The “New” For-Profit Higher Ed. Or something else?