Edsurge

JUNE 6, 2019

Industry reports and instructional designers alike typically report that only between 5 to 15 percent of students who start free open online courses end up earning a certificate. Today, 2U reports completion rates of up to 88 percent for their online degree programs. This does not necessarily make MOOCs a failure.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 31, 2018

When I first started working as a tech reporter, I assumed – naively – that venture capitalists were smart people who did thorough research before funding a company. Udemy (skills training): $173 million. In 2012, Wired Magazine proclaimed that Udacity “ could change higher learning forever.”

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Hack Education

JULY 1, 2016

.” “ Kansas lawmakers, trying to head off a court shutdown of the state’s public schools, have increased aid to poor districts by $38 million,” NPR reports. ” (Related, via the US News & World Report : “Women Losing Out on Career and Technical Education.”). Presidential Campaign Politics.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 4, 2016

Remind co-founder Brett Kopf was replaced as CEO by Brian Grey, formerly CEO of the Bleacher Report. These are just the ones that were reported by the press, of course.). But, as New York Magazine quipped , “Laurene Powell Jobs is undaunted by these facts.” Sebastian Thrun stepped down as Udacity’s CEO.

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Hack Education

JUNE 3, 2016

Dan Patrick (R) told reporters on Tuesday that he is sending letters to every superintendent in the state advising them not to follow the Obama administration's recently issued guidance on transgender students.” ” Via New York Magazine : “Trump University Told Recruiters to Target Single Parents With Hungry Kids.”

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