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3 août 2018

After boom, student housing market softens

As two more large-scale apartment projects prepare to open, there are indications the Terre Haute rental market may have reached capacity, especially for certain demographics. More...

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2 août 2018

Canvas Surpasses Blackboard Learn in US Market Share

By Michael Feldstein. As of July 6th, our data partner LISTedTECH informs us that Canvas is now the primary LMS in more US colleges and universities than Blackboard Learn. By a margin of two; Canvas has 1,218 installations, while Blackboard Learn has 1,216. Statistically speaking, the two companies are tied for US market share. More...

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31 juillet 2018

Universities want ‘bums on seats’ because you created a market, minister

The rise in unconditional offers has upset the universities minister. Perhaps he should speak to his colleagues about it. More...

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12 juillet 2018

The market is dead: long live the market

The market is dead: long live the market
Adam Wright, Wonkhe, 2018/07/03
Adam Wright says it all in the first paragraph: "There is no evidence that greater competition between higher education providers will improve the quality of provision. This is the conclusion of the Public Accounts Committee’s (PAC) recent (21 page PDF well worth reading in its own right - SD) report into the higher education market. More...

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11 juillet 2018

To Each According to its Degree: The Meritocracy and Topocracy of Embedded Markets

To Each According to its Degree: The Meritocracy and Topocracy of Embedded Markets
J. Borondo, F. Borondo, C. Rodriguez-Sickert, C. A. Hidalgo, Nature.com, January 22, 2014
Interesting paper. "A system is said to be meritocratic if the compensation and power available to individuals is determined by their abilities and merits. A system is topocratic if the compensation and power available to an individual is determined primarily by her position in a network." Different structures create networks that are either meritocratic or topocratic. More...

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26 juin 2018

How the Great Recession changed the job market for grads

As this year’s college graduates transition from school to career, they are entering one of the healthiest job markets in decades for those with newly minted degrees. Compared with their counterparts from the Class of 2010 — who left college in the depths of the Great Recession, when the unemployment rate was 9.5 percent — this year’s graduates face unemployment of under 4 percent. More...

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26 juin 2018

World Education Market

World Education Market
I'm off to Portugal this weekend to speak at the World Education Market (WEM) exposition in Lisbon. Because of time zones and the usual complexitities of internet access, OLDaily may publish at odd hours. More...

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26 juin 2018

University Labs introduces Brand Health & Equity Assessment market research

University Labs announced today the launch of industry-leading Brand Health and Equity Assessment audience perception market research, designed exclusively for colleges and universities of any size. More...

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25 juin 2018

Triseum, Tencent bring calculus video game to Chinese gaming market

A new partnership between Triseum, a U.S. game-based learning innovator, and Tencent, a leading provider of Internet value-added services in China, is opening doors for Chinese learners and gamers. The two organizations are expanding access to Triseum's Variant: Limits, an academic calculus game that rivals popular entertainment video games in imagination, interactivity, sophistication and suspense. More...

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19 juin 2018

Job Market Memorandum

I got a job. Next fall, I’ll join the faculty at a university writing program. If you’ve read my past posts, you know how much I love teaching and talking about writing, so I couldn’t be more thrilled. More...

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