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Edtech startup AdmitHub scores $2.95 mln seed

Jan 12, 2017
Edtech startup AdmitHub has secured $2.95 million in seed funding. Relay Ventures and Reach Capital led the round with participation from other investors that included University Ventures.
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Credly Badges Now Available Through Canvas

Jan 10, 2017
Students can now earn digital badges when they complete modules in Canvas, thanks to a new partnership between Credly and the learning management system from Instructure. The companies today announced the launch of...
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Startups are making the rejection letter a thing of the past

Jan 9, 2017
I've been rejected from some great jobs. In high school, I failed to win a summer job as a cabana boy at a luxury resort. After college, I was rejected by investment banks and from a plum teaching position in China.
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Investors allocate $12m to Unicaf

Jan 9, 2017
University Ventures, CDC Group and Savannah Fund have injected $12m into Unicaf to help it establish learning centres across several African cities.
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The One Skill Every College Student Should Learn: Salesmanship

Jan 7, 2017
Although it may be known by other names, "salesmanship" is a skill that all college graduates should master, and ideally, it should be learned while they're still in school. It's tempting to try to limit the importance of this trait to those who work in typical sales-based areas, such as advertising, insurance, and real estate, or to...
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Top 10 Campus Technology Stories of 2016

Jan 7, 2017
Judging by the interests of Campus Technology readers, 2016 was a year defined by innovation and change. As new learning models such as coding bootcamps and nanodegrees threatened to dismantle traditional higher education, colleges and universities looked for ways to better serve students: new learning spaces, more engaging learning materials, lower-cost...
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Social Security going toward unpaid student debt

Dec 23, 2016
Daniel Pianko, University Venture Fund, and Paul Fain, Inside Higher Ed new editor, weigh in on how retirees are being hit hard by student debt.
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How to fix the Department of Education's $100 billion 'miscalculation'

Dec 22, 2016
The U.S. Department of Education just got sent to the principal's office. According to a troubling report recently released by the Government Accounting Office (GAO), the department failed to account for over $100 billion in write-offs.
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Africa's UNICAF receives $12m investment

Dec 22, 2016
UNICAF, an online platform that aims to increase access for professionals to international standard higher education in sub-Saharan Africa through scholarships and degree provision, has received $12m in funding from a consortium of state-owned and private investors.
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Social Security Checks Are Being Reduced for Unpaid Student Debt

Dec 22, 2016
Government report says thousands of recipients are left with below-poverty incomes
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