University Ventures, a $100 million education technology fund, on Monday announced the launch of UV Labs, a company that will partner with schools to build new online learning products.
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Der Medienkonzern Bertelsmann hat Anfang des Jahres den University Ventures Fund aufgelegt, der in Onlinebildung investiert. Ryan Craig, 40, ist Partner des Fonds.
FTD Der University Ventures Fund ist mehr als 100 Mio. Dollar...
Having taken an extended vacation the past few weeks, I returned to the United States to see that the pace of innovation in education is continuing at a breakneck pace...
VICTORVILLE ~ A privately run college system with a campus in Victorville unveiled a new program this week that aims to tackle a worrisome trend: the wide gap in education levels between Hispanics in California and the rest of the...
Not much is truly unique in higher education. The industry is too big, and most experiments have been tried before. But the new Ameritas College sure sounds different.
Ameritas, launched last week, blends for-profit and nonprofit elements and has a singular...
German media giant Bertelsmann AG is funding half of a US$100 million fund called University Ventures. One of the initiative's key targets will be Hispanic colleges in the US, which it sees as a growing market. It is part of a trend in which private capital helps traditional universities...
The pathway to higher education can be blocked for some would-be students because they are not proficient enough in English to succeed in a traditional college. And as they grow older...
Just as (mobile) technology is bringing some exciting changes to the health industry, it's simultaneously over in the classroom trying to save education before it's too late. I'm not sure we're even close to "too late", but it's hard to ignore the fact...
The space between nonprofit and for-profit higher education gets a little more crowded today.
University Ventures Fund, a $100 million investment partnership founded by a quartet of veterans of the for-profit and nonprofit education sectors, is the latest...
As higher education institutions continue to battle back from the financial crisis that hit their budgets and forced them to raise tuition prices, it's time to look ahead to see what's in store for 2012.
There has never been...
