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30 août 2016

How edtech is still ignoring its biggest market

Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Educational technology is booming. Technology is helping to redefine how we learn, obtain skills, and get credentialed. That value proposition has captured public attention and attracted record amounts of venture capital funding. More...

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30 août 2016

Attack on American University of Afghanistan kills students, others

Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Police in Kabul say a violent attack on the American University of Afghanistan has ended with as many as 12 people killed. Renee Montagne talks to Mark English, the president of the university. More...

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30 août 2016

Lock up the college funds, or it is easy to raid them

Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. If your kids' college savings are not walled off in some kind of separate account, how do you keep yourself from raiding the kitty. More...

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30 août 2016

Inceptia releases case studies for online financial education

Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. In September of 2015, Inceptia relaunched its online financial education program, Financial Avenue, with ten new courses covering a range of money management topics. More...

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30 août 2016

Jamaican government removing barriers to higher ed

Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Floyd Green, says the government, through the ministry, is working to eliminate barriers which continue to prevent qualified students from matriculating in tertiary institutions. More...

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30 août 2016

Cengage adds offline e-reader capabilities to MindTap

Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Cengage Learning today announced additional features for its MindTap Mobile app, including offline e-reader capabilities, the most requested function by students. Available on iOS and Android smartphones, the enhanced app provides access to Cengage Learning's flagship digital learning platform, MindTap, which helps to increase engagement and improve outcomes. More...

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30 août 2016

Remove the hidden penalty for quitting college

Submitted by Tim Goral. As the academic year opens at colleges across the country, one important group of students will be underrepresented in classrooms: returning adults. The missing students may have both the abilities and the motivation to pursue degrees. More...

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30 août 2016

The demise of the textbook mafia

Submitted by Tim Goral. Everyone knows college textbooks are a racket, and it’s the tuition-strapped parents and broke students who pay the price. The cost of textbooks has grown at twice the rate of inflation, jumping 89 percent between 2002 and 2012, according to the U.S. Government Accountability Office. More...

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30 août 2016

Value of ‘performance-based’ funding for colleges disputed

Submitted by Tim Goral. Gov. Scott Walker’s plan to provide new funding for the UW System based on its performance in measures such as graduation rate and job placement would subject the System to a budget model that critics say has failed to deliver on its promise to improve higher education. More...

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30 août 2016

Curb exports of college grads

Submitted by Tim Goral. Exports are normally good for the state economy. But not when the exports are our college graduates. More...

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