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Where Non-Techies Can Get With the Programming

Apr 5, 2017
When the Georgetown University Law Center offered computer programming last year, it was an experiment, a single class for about 20 students. It was filled almost instantly, and the waitlist swelled to 130. This semester, the law school has five programming...
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D2L (Student Success and Instruction: Learning Management Systems)

Apr 4, 2017
As an incumbent among higher education LMS platforms, D2L is always challenged to innovate its Brightspace LMS. For the Spring 2017 release, the company received more than a quarter of its new feature ideas from a community of Brightspace users, called the Product Idea Exchange.
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Coding Boot Camps Come Into the Fold With Campus Partnerships

Apr 4, 2017
Houston Breedlove had several reasons for enrolling in the coding boot camp that Trilogy Education Services now runs in collaboration with the University of...
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Galvanize Collaborates with Pivotal to Introduce Unprecedented Blended...

Apr 2, 2017
Galvanize today announced that it will launch a new 'Cloud Native Essentials' blended learning course, a first-of-its-kind offering in the marketplace. The course will train developers to use Spring and Pivotal Cloud Foundry to efficiently ship high-quality software.
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How one university reduced summer melt 21.4% and increased enrollment 3.9%

Mar 31, 2017
AdmitHub, an edtech startup which builds conversational artificial intelligence (AI) to guide students on the path to and through college, together with Georgia State University, has released the results of a study that examined the efficacy...
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Artificial Intelligence Is Creating A More Human Workforce

Mar 31, 2017
In a recent study published by Lindsay Page and Hunter Gehlbach, an AI chatbot to text with incoming students at Georgia State University was shown to dramatically reduce "summer melt"...
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Why are UK employers making the move to skills-based hiring?

Mar 31, 2017
You've heard of "Peak Oil," but maybe not "Peak Degrees." But with employers rapidly losing confidence in the value of college degrees, we may soon hit it. While over half of college graduates believe they're ready to apply their skills in the workforce, only a small fraction...
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Startup Grind Phoenix Hosts Jim Deters (Galvanize)

Mar 31, 2017
Startup Grind Phoenix featured Jim Deters, in a fireside chat with Christina Kehoe on March 15, 2017. Jim is the CEO and Co-founder of Galvanize. Jim believes there is a simple equation for success in...
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MissionU Fixes What's Broken in Higher Ed

Mar 30, 2017
Innovative business model charges $0 upfront tuition
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Blog: From a Malawian village to an MBA

Mar 30, 2017
Langson Samala, a Malawian student, is studying for an MBA thanks to a scholarship from Unicaf, an education company we invest in. When he qualifies Langson intends to set up his own business providing...
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