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The ‘O’ in ‘OPM’ Could Stand for ‘Outsourcing’

Edsurge

Murphy founded the Institute for Professional Studies in the state of California. This idea of the bundled set of services, including a financial risk sharing service in the form of a revenue sharing agreement, predates online learning by almost 20 years. In 1970, John Sperling and John D.

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Struggling small colleges are joining the ’sharing economy’ — teaming up to share courses and majors

The Hechinger Report

Consumers today want to study subjects they see as leading straight to careers. And half of students who earned bachelor’s degrees in the arts and humanities said they would now choose a different field of study , yet another survey, by the Federal Reserve, found. Hunt is now a sophomore at Adrian studying computer science.

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Edmentum to Acquire Apex Learning, an Industry Leader in Virtual and Hybrid Learning for Middle and High School Students

eSchool News

Pairing Apex’s proven, high-quality secondary learning programs with Edmentum’s full suite of high-quality, online learning programs creates a rich array of offerings designed specifically for the next generation of learners. About Apex Learning. For more information, visit edmentum.com.

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

Edsurge

Hovering over this idyllic image is the online campus, where students rarely, if ever, set foot on manicured lawns. Digital students study at home or while commuting to and from work, often late at night after the kids are asleep. Surprisingly, just over twenty years later, things didn’t turn out that way in practice.

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Wednesday's "Emergency Remote Teaching & Learning" Mini-Conference - New Sessions Added

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Bell 1:30 PM Empowering Students in a Distance Learning Environment with John Spencer (60 minutes) 3:00 PM Personalizing the Online Classroom Through Creative Teaching and Learning (60 minutes) with Candy Mowen 4:00 PM Rethinking Students Evaluations as a Tool to Improve Online Instruction (30 minutes) with Steven J.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Via Education Week : “Congress Budget Deal Bans New Gold-Standard Studies of Federal Vouchers.” ” Via The LA Times : “Trump is ending Michelle Obama’s ‘ Let Girls Learn ’ initiative, CNN reports.” “Is there an elegant way to administer exams in online courses ?”

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

Marketplace K-12

TAL Invests in Knewton: TAL Education Group (NYSE: XRS ), a K-12 after-school tutoring services provider in China, announced a strategic investment in New York-based Knewton , a global provider of adaptive learning products.

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