Hack Education

MAY 5, 2017

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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Hack Education

MAY 19, 2017

Via Edsurge : “Why Donald Graham Sold Kaplan University to Purdue for $1.” ” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” “Why Haven’t MOOCs Eliminated Any Professors?” ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. ” The “New” For-Profit Higher Ed.

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Hack Education

JUNE 1, 2018

” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” Wait, so Purdue is gonna run Kaplan and a nuclear lab? ” Former Kaplan exec Justin Serrano has been hired as the president of Schoology. Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. .” The “New” For-Profit Higher Ed.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

” That’s Kaplan University and the Art Institutes. More on the Kaplan news via The Chronicle of Higher Education. Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via Edsurge : “Peter Thiel May Finally Get His Flying Cars, Thanks to a New Udacity Nanodegree in 2018.” support, EFF resigns.”

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Via Edsurge : “What Robots Can Teach Us About Being Human.” ” Via Edsurge : “Cat Ears and Robot Friends: What Japan ’s Educational Future Could Include.” million total.

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Hack Education

JUNE 23, 2017

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.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. .” The “New” For-Profit Higher Ed.

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Hack Education

JULY 6, 2018

” That’s Kaplan , in case you can’t keep all these for-profit disasters straight. Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. .” Via Edsurge : “Why Purdue Professors Continue to Protest Purdue’s Purchase of a For-Profit U.”

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Hack Education

JANUARY 5, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. Edsurge reports that Weld North Education will still be run by former Kaplan exec Jonathan Grayer. For-profit colleges bought and sold in the “business of education” section below.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

” Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Kaplan Will Offer Free Online PSAT Prep.” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Via Inside Higher Ed : “Humans, the Latest MOOC Feature.” Via WaPo : “Study: Robot baby dolls don’t curb teen pregnancies. ” More via Techcrunch.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

In 2013, on the heels of “the Year of the MOOC,” Barber released a report titled “An Avalanche is Coming,” calling for the “unbundling” of higher education. MOOCs are, no surprise, their own entry on this long list of awfulness. There were several high profile closures of bootcamps — Dev Bootcamp, owned by Kaplan Inc.,

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Hack Education

APRIL 28, 2017

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 ? Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

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Hack Education

JUNE 29, 2018

The former: Purdue University ; the latter: Kaplan University. ” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” A MOOC consortium , that is, with member institutions Davidson College , Colgate University , Hamilton College , and Wellesley College. .” ” asks Edsurge.

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Hack Education

JANUARY 12, 2018

More on the for-profit formerly known as Kaplan University in the online education section below. Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” This new school is a result of Purdue’s acquisition of the for-profit Kaplan University. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. Private city.

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Hack Education

AUGUST 11, 2017

“ Purdue-Kaplan online university one step closer to reality,” the Journal & Courier reports. ” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via Edsurge : “ Andrew Ng , Co-Founder of Coursera , Returns to MOOC Teaching With New AI Course.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

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Hack Education

JULY 14, 2017

” More on the Afghan robotics team in the contest section below. Kaplan is closing Dev Bootcamp , a coding bootcamp it acquired in 2014. for Robotics Contest.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. .” Via The Atlantic : “The Schools Transforming Immigrant Education.” Education in the Courts.

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Hack Education

JUNE 2, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Here’s a link to all the stories in Slate’s series on online credit recovery programs. “After the Hype, Do MOOC Ventures Like edX Still Matter?” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. ” Politico profiles charter school chain founder Eva Moskowitz.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 28, 2016

“Nothing has more potential to enable us to reimagine higher education than the massive open online course, or MOOC, platforms that are being developed by the likes of Stanford and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and companies like Coursera and Udacity.” ” Robots are coming for our jobs. Montessori.

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “As Kaplan Sale Faces Final Hurdle, Purdue President Criticizes Faculty Opponents.” ” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” Of course. Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “ Ashford U. Faces New Setback in Battle Over GI Bill Funds.”

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 29, 2017

CZI hired Bror Saxberg , whose previous work was with the for-profit online charter school K12 Inc and the for-profit college Kaplan, as its learning scientist. Wonder Workshop (robotics) – $41 million. Robotics , with ~ $99 million in funding. It hired former PayPal exec Peggy Abkemeier Alford as its CFO.

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