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Learning In The Future: 15 Early-Stage Ed Tech Companies To Watch

Jul 11, 2017
Many of these ed tech companies focus on connecting learners and teachers, offering access to experts, and keeping learners entertained.
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Skills-oriented apprenticeship can trump bachelor's-or-bust

Jul 10, 2017
Earlier this month, President Trump signed an executive order to double the amount of funding for apprenticeship programs, up to nearly $200 million. The goal is, in Trump's words...
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A New Approach to Scholarship Aid Deserves Foundation Attention

Jul 10, 2017
An emerging form of financial aid based on future income could help students at Arizona State University and elsewhere fund their educations - and return the favor by providing tuition assistance to future students.
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What a Reinvented College Looks Like: 4 Alternative Higher-Ed Models

Jul 7, 2017
It has become increasingly popular to say that higher education needs to go back to the drawing board - that the best way to improve college is to start new campuses from scratch or radically reinvent old ones.
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A revolution is underway: THE SHIFT IS HAPPENING!

Jul 5, 2017
As we come up to the holiday - Independence Day, our team wants to acknowledge the work of so many that create a new training and employment system for those who have had barriers of access due...
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'Future of Impact' requires investment, philanthropy  - and business as a...

Jul 3, 2017
The world of impact is large and contains multitudes: people working in diverse fields and organizations, ranging from nonprofits to foundations to impact investing funds, to government agencies to companies...
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"People Will Cheat" - Test Proctoring in a Digital Age

Jul 3, 2017
Education is increasingly a buyer's market, according to Michael London, the CEO of Examity, a remote test proctoring service. To compete for admissions, schools are moving to offer the customizable learning options that students want - including online learning and at-home test taking. While technology...
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IBM and Galvanize Join Hands To Launch 'Cognitive Builder Course'

Jul 3, 2017
IBM and Galvanize announced the launch of the first online Cognitive Builder Course hosted on IBM Cloud and powered by IBM Watson. The course is aimed at enterprise developers and interested university students who seek to build on their fundamental Python programming skills, while gaining...
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Connecting the Dots: How digital credentials can bridge UK's soft skills gap

Jun 28, 2017
In a few months, school leavers will be getting their GCSE and A Level results, turning thoughts towards their future careers. Will they continue studying? Or start an apprenticeship? Perhaps some will apply for their first entry-level jobs?
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The 'last mile' in education and training

Jun 28, 2017
After graduating from college in 1994, I spent a few years at McKinsey & Co. - a young kid in an ill-fitting suit naively but energetically attempting to convince experienced and jaded managers to do their jobs differently.
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