By Carl Straumsheim. A group of 25 education companies, publishers and trade associations on Wednesday announced the formation a group to advocate against proposed cuts to federal library funding. The group, known as the Corporate Coalition for Library Investment, released an open letter to the U.S. Read more...
InsideTrack Becomes Part of Strada
By Doug Lederman. Strada Education Network, which recently changed its name from USA Funds and is now focused on supporting college completion and success, announced Monday that it had purchased InsideTrack, which provides student coaching services for hundreds of colleges. Read more...
Letter Urges DeVos to Set Conditions on EDMC Sale
By Andrew Kreighbaum. Thirty student, consumer and veterans' groups called on Education Secretary Betsy DeVos Thursday to seek public comment and impose conditions on the sale of several Education Management Corporation properties to a Los Angeles nonprofit. More...
Purdue’s Kaplan Purchase: Shoring Up the ’21st-Century Land-Grant Mission’
Techno-News Blog. “To be a 21st-century land-grant school, to meet the obligation, really, the great opportunity, the noble opportunity that we have always embraced here at Purdue, we must be active in online education in a way we are not now,” said Purdue President Mitch Daniels in a prepared statement. More...
West Web Festival
4e édition baptisée « Business as unusual », cette session du West Web Festival sera l’occasion comme toujours de vivre un moment exceptionnel au cœur des Vieilles Charrues mais également d’aller plus loin dans la compréhension de ces mécanismes profonds qui chamboulent notre société.
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Harvard’s newest business course? A TED Talk come to life
Techno-News Blog. Harvard Business School will begin offering the first open-enrollment online course from the its state-of-the-art WGBH studio next month. The class, called Managing Your Career Development, will take place over seven sessions starting May 16. More...
Lumen and Follett: Canary in the Curricular Materials Coal Mine?
By Michael Feldstein. Phil wrote up some excellent observations yesterday about the announcement that Follett has invested in Lumen Learning and will be distributing some of their products. This deal has more significance for the curricular materials market than the (relatively) small dollar amount of the investment would indicate. More...
Purdue University Deal To Acquire Kaplan University
Global Payments announces platform for cloud-based campus transactions
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Global Payments Inc. (NYSE: GPN), a leading worldwide provider of payment technology services, is pleased to announce the availability of TouchNet OneCard VIP, its new vertically integrated platform for campus-wide transactions. More...