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Beer making for credit: Liberal arts colleges add career tech

The Hechinger Report

In a survey conducted by Quest Research and the Kaplan test-prep company, they were four times more likely to say they’d hire an English major with a credential in cybersecurity than an English major without one. “We The courses are being run in partnership with Kaplan and will also be available to alumni. “We Fifteen U.S.

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Online education stretches to include volunteers, teachers looking to pay their bills

The Hechinger Report

Credit: Emily Kaplan for The Hechinger Report. Related: Teachers need lots of training to do online learning well. After making a career switch, she now teaches software engineering to low-income college students, some of whom have children. BROOKLYN, N.Y. Coronavirus gave many just days.

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K-12 Dealmaking: Investor Weld North, Learn Launch Make Big Moves

Marketplace K-12

Frontline Acquires Teachscape: K-12 software provider Frontline Technologies has acquired Teachscape , a professional growth solutions provider for K-12 and higher education. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed. In a recent statement, Malvern, Pa.-based

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Higher Ed Has Now Split Into Dual Economies: Online and Traditional

Edsurge

Before the invasion of the internet, the university comprised a secure, single identity; now—with about a third of college students online —the American college is bifurcated. Just the other day, Purdue University, in partnership with Kaplan and edX, announced three new MOOC-based engineering degrees for under $25,000.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

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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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

Or the company will have to start charging for the software. Although sometimes talked about as a “movement,” Mozilla’s Open Badges Project was really more of a technical specification, one that was transferred from Mozilla to IMS Global Learning Consortium in 2017. And “free” doesn’t last. Without revenue the company will go away.

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Hack Education

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. Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Online education pioneer Tony Bates asks “ What is online learning ?” a month.). .”