AI in Education: Transforming Learning While Navigating New Risks Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly reshaping education across the globe. From personalized tutoring bots to automated grading systems, AI-powered tools are […]
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Back to news homeFynn raises $36M for a platform to finance students in vocational education
When people think of the funding crisis in further education, thoughts normally turn to the rising price of a typical four-year college degree. But that’s not the only financial gap […]
Proposed legislation would force US higher education endowments to reveal where they invest
In January, Missouri Representative Emanuel Cleaver will introduce the Endowment Transparency Act into Congress, a move that could, frankly, change everything. Cleaver’s proposed legislation seeks to amend the Higher Education […]
CUNY Graduates With Tech Degrees Struggle to Land Tech Jobs
The technology industry has been a leading engine of growth for good-paying jobs in New York City over the past decade. That trend continued through the pandemic, but a new […]
Maven’s a16z-backed live learning platform pivots from creators to experts
Maven, co-founded by Udemy’s Gagan Biyani and AltMBA’s Wes Kao, began in 2020 with a startup idea that perfectly combined two booming sectors: the creator economy and edtech. The startup […]
Student Loan Forgiveness Is Complicated, Because This Is America
If we want higher education to cost less, we should make it cheaper when people enroll.But that’s not how we do things in the United States, where the first rule […]
Emerge Career’s tech-forward job training lets incarcerated folks hit the road on release
Reentering society after years in prison is difficult for many reasons, among which perhaps the most prosaic is simply that it’s hard to get a job — and what training […]
Gates Foundation Adds $20 Billion to Its Coffers
When the news emerged last year that Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates were divorcing, the question of whether their foundation would lose ready access to its founders’ substantial resources […]
Kids’ finance startup GoHenry marches into Europe with Pixpay acquisition
GoHenry, the U.K.-based financial education app and pre-paid debit card provider for kids, has expanded into Europe for the first time with the acquisition of French startup Pixpay. Terms of […]
Degreed’s co-founder is back at the company he left…with the startup he built
Edtech up-skilling platform Degreed has acquired Learn In, which creates talent resource hubs for employers to better spin up education services for their teams. While we’d nearly always cover a […]