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Emily Kaplan for The Hechinger Report Credit: Emily Kaplan for The Hechinger Report. READ THE STORY: Rural areas have been slow to connect to broadband. All of Lincoln Park School’s buses are outfitted with infant car seats so that girls can get to school with their babies, who attend the school’s free daycare.
Edsurge runs with Trump’s promise to boost rural broadband like it’s a truth anyone can count on. Saxberg had previously been the Chief Learning Officer at Kaplan (and Edsurge, when covering the news , fails to disclose its financial ties to Kaplan ). “technologizing” the government.
Via Education Week : “ Trump Signs Orders on Rural Broadband Access.” More on the for-profit formerly known as Kaplan University in the online education section below. ” This new school is a result of Purdue’s acquisition of the for-profit Kaplan University.
Via The New York Times : “ Broadband Law Could Force Rural Residents Off Information Superhighway.” ” Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Kaplan Will Offer Free Online PSAT Prep.” ” I mean, paying for air conditioning in schools would just be a bridge too far.
” Via Multichannel News : “Trayvon Martin Attorney Parks Targets AT&T Over Alleged Broadband Redlining.” Purdue University is buying Kaplan University for a dollar. Me, I wrote about how far Kaplan Inc ’s reach is in education politics and products. ” (In Cleveland.). Or something else?
Via Wired : “ Ajit Pai ’s Plan Will Take Broadband Away From Poor People.” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “As Kaplan Sale Faces Final Hurdle, Purdue President Criticizes Faculty Opponents.” ” (State and Local) Education Politics. ” The college in question: Northwest Suburban College.
An op-ed in Inside Higher Ed from EAB’s Melanie Hoe : “What the Purdue-Kaplan Deal Means for You.” ” Via Education Dive : “The Purdue-Kaplan Earthquake.” .” The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools has given its okay to the sale of Education Management Corp to the Dream Center.
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” Via The Conversation : “ Purdue-Kaplan deal blurs lines between for-profit and public colleges.” ” There’s more on the new Kaplan in the accreditation section below. Via Pacific Standard : “ Purdue University Gets the Final Approval on Its Plan to Convert Kaplan Into a Non-Profit College.”
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