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Teachers Are Turning to AI Solutions for Assistance

EdTech Magazine

“These intelligent tools can adapt pacing based on the student’s ability … and provide targeted, corrective feedback in case the student makes mistakes, so that the student can learn from them,” states an eSchool News report released earlier this year. It is also important to pick the best tool for both the students and teachers.

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U. of Arizona Bought a For-Profit U. for $1? Actually, the For-Profit Paid Millions to Be Acquired.

Edsurge

In 2017, Purdue University bought Kaplan University , also for $1. Kaplan University suddenly changed its name to Purdue University Global, and Kaplan, Inc. So the result was that a for-profit university suddenly became a nonprofit, but one that was locked into a long-term contract with Kaplan and shares tuition revenue.

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Beer making for credit: Liberal arts colleges add career tech

The Hechinger Report

Credit: Yunuen Bonaparte for 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 Credit: Yunuen Bonaparte for The Hechinger Report.

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PROOF POINTS: 861 colleges and 9,499 campuses have closed down since 2004

The Hechinger Report

It shut down four campuses after it purchased for-profit Kaplan University in 2018 and converted it to a public four-year university called Purdue Global. Fewer than half of them ever re-enrolled in college, according to a November 2022 report by SHEEO and the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center.

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By Putting Tensions on Stage, Colleges Aim to Change Campus Culture

Edsurge

As Matt Kaplan, executive director of the Michigan center explains it, “I’m not talking about my classroom, I’m talking about that classroom.” There’s an emotional impact of theater you don’t get through a written case study,” Kaplan says. “It Kaplan says. I think they’re remarkably effective.”

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Cuidado infantil, asientos para bebés y otras maneras simples de mantener a madres adolescentes en la escuela

The Hechinger Report

Foto: Emily Kaplan para The Hechinger Report. Foto: Emily Kaplan para The Hechinger Report. Foto: Emily Kaplan para The Hechinger Report. Foto: Emily Kaplan para The Hechinger Report. Foto: Emily Kaplan para The Hechinger Report. Foto: Emily Kaplan para The Hechinger Report.

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Unable to ‘Reach a Sustainable Business Model,’ Dev Bootcamp Will Shut Down in December

Edsurge

acquisition by Kaplan in 2014. It appears that the Kaplan ownership did not stave off the financial concerns for long. But actually, to the contrary, we would have closed much earlier without Kaplan's support. Kaplan bought us time. — Course Report , an aggregator of such programs. You're right, nothing to lose!

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