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Coursera is Evolving into a Third-Wave EdTech Company

eLiterate

One of the two slides Phil shared out was further confirmation of a trend that everyone in higher education has already been struggling with: Coursera, like US higher education institutions, has seen a decline in degree program enrollments. Coursera as a marketplace. 2U might; it’s hard to tell right now.

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Report: U of Arkansas system may buy University of Phoenix

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: The University of Arkansas System is considering a transaction in which it would transform the for-profit University of Phoenix into an independent nonprofit affiliate, spokespeople for both institutions have confirmed. The acquisition produced the nonprofit Purdue University Global. It could be.”

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EdTech Malaise: “He Not Busy Born is Busy Dying”

eLiterate

In higher education in the United States, faculty prescribe textbooks and students purchase them. Back in 2014, I wrote an unintentionally infamous rant called Dammit, the LMS in which I took on all the critics who were arguing the LMS was dead or dying. Today, in 2014. Yes, shift happens. Do you know what did it?

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Biden Administration Forgives $37B of Debt for University of Phoenix Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Students who took out loans to attend the for-profit University of Phoenix under the belief that the school offered them unique job opportunities at top organizations will have their debt forgiven, the Biden administration announced Wednesday.