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The Progressive Case for Income Share Agreements

Feb 7, 2017
The specter of high college costs deters far too many low-income students and families away from higher education. Perhaps with good reason: over 20 percent of federal aid comes in the form of a parent co-signed loan. But few students from disadvantaged backgrounds have such a co-signer. And if they do...
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Strengthening the Workforce Bridge Between Community Colleges and Employers

Feb 7, 2017
When one thinks of community colleges, one often pictures students, both young and young-at-heart, looking to hone skills to prepare them for further schooling or career opportunities. Yet a sometimes overlooked part of that community are local companies and businesses that hope - and need - to find skilled workers.
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UVa officials discuss changing landscape of higher education

Feb 7, 2017
University of Virginia officials talked about affordability in higher education at a non-voting work session at Morven Farm on Thursday.
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Reimagining the Cost and Value of College

Feb 7, 2017
Daniel Pianko, managing director of University Ventures, joins Higher Ed Now to discuss how new education innovation is helping to improve quality and career outcomes and reduce time- and cost-to-degree.
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100+ HR Technologies and Recruiting Tools Worth Watching in Q1 2017.

Feb 3, 2017
There's never been a more exciting time for HR Tech, with approximately $3 billion in VC investments pouring into the sector over the past year alone. This has led to a staggering number of new startups, upstart HR Technologies and emerging point solutions proliferating in what's already an extremely crowded, extremely competitive and extremely...
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ACE and Credly Launching Digital Credentials for Workforce Training

Feb 1, 2017
A collaboration between the American Council on Education (ACE) and digital credential service provider Credly will allow working professionals to earn digital badges for workplace training. The two organizations are launching a digital credential...
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College Chatbot Service AdmitHub Raises $2.95M in Seed Funding to Guide...

Jan 30, 2017
A lot of questions came up when I applied for and went through college. Questions like: When is the FAFSA due? But what if you could send a text to...
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How chatbots are addressing summer melt for colleges

Jan 30, 2017
AdmitHub raises $2.95 million in seed funding to build conversational AI chatbots for college success.
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Education finance firm MPower to raise $100 million in debt to grow loan book

Jan 30, 2017
MPower, which raised $6 million in equity funding in October from Zephyr Peacock, will also look to raise additional equity financing of $10-20 million around the middle of 2017
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4 characteristics of a good ed tech investment

Jan 30, 2017
Thanks to savvy advice from technology investors, here's why some innovations succeed, why some fail, and what the higher-ed market should expect in the near future.
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