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Via CNBC : “ Google , Apple and 13 other companies that no longer require employees to have a college degree.” despite having Arizona ’s third-highest dropoutrate.” ” Via the Google blog : “ VR Labs open doors of opportunity for STEM students.” Sounds legit.
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Via Campus Technology : “ AP Exam Pass Rates Rise Even as Participation Doubles.” Acumen “senior innovation associate” writes about +Acumen in Edsurge : “The Flip Side of Abysmal MOOC Completion Rates ? E-Sports Make A Play For The Big Ten.” Discovering the Most Tenacious Learners.”
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” The story contains some machinations at the Department of Education in which the White Hous e tried to fire a Jeb Bush-supporting staffer. ” asks Chester E. “ Is higher ed creating the next dropout factories? ” Via Education Week : “ Google Launches $50 Million Effort on the Future of Work.”
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