Synergis Education today announced the successful completion of a $33 million Series A financing. The largest investor is University Ventures Fund I, L.P. and affiliated entities, along with its limited partners including Bertelsmann...
UniversityNow, a social venture that operates two accredited universities, Patten University and New Charter University, announced that it has raised $19 million in venture capital to fuel its expansion and help...
UniversityNow, a for-profit educational venture that runs both online and on-campus programs that seek to make access to college easier, has raised another $19 million in venture capital, the San Francisco company said...
UniversityNow has closed $20.4 million in funding to break the U.S. out of its educational "Code Red."
UniversityNow is building a network of accredited, online universities where students earn undergraduate and graduate degrees at a low cost and in a flexible...
We're in the era of Big Data, living among Makers. It's truly a sign that a revolution is taking place when a university offers a curriculum that recognizes that we're being flooded with information and that the inventors of today are doing their thing, each in a completely unique way.
A team of innovators and globally recognized technology and educational leaders, founded as New Engineering University ("NEU"), announced today that they will join creative and intellectual forces to develop programs in partnership with the University of New Haven to re-engineer engineering education in Big Data and create the nation's first degree in...
I've recently returned from the Education Innovation Summit 2013, hosted by Arizona State University (ASU) and GSV Advisers (and, of which, DLA Piper is a very proud sponsor). I will have more on the conference - and suggest you...
Students are increasingly taking more than four years to graduate college, and it's costing them dearly in terms of added student loan debt and delaying entering the labor market. According to a 2012 survey...
Despite years of steady growth, college enrollment dropped by 0.2% in the fall of 2011, the first decline in 15 years, according to the U.S. Education Department's National Center for Education Statistics.
The number of undergraduates...
University Ventures, an investment firm focused on the global higher education sector, has announced the launch of UV Labs, a company that will partner directly with universities and...
