I’m Goldie Blumenstyk, a senior writer at
The Chronicle covering innovation in and around academe. Here’s what I’m thinking about this week.
The big deal this week in online ed.
The announcement on Tuesday that 2U will buy the assets of the nonprofit MOOC company edX for $800 million is shaking up the world of online higher ed. It also means I’ll riff on that news for you this week instead of giving you an annotated reading list, per The Edge’s summer programming (back to that next week).
This deal has ramifications in many directions. For starters, it will realign the commercial marketplace for online education, where colleges now pay billions annually to companies known as online-program managers, or OPMs, to help develop, market, and deliver online courses and degrees. The $800 million now headed to a successor nonprofit to edX could also have a huge impact on the future of open-source online options and maybe breathe new life into the original mission of the nonp
After edX sale, Harvard and MIT-led nonprofit to tackle longstanding inequities in education
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edX acquired by education technology company 2U
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What if what we saw at the Capitol is us?
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What if what we saw at the Capitol is us?
What if what we saw at the Capitol is us?
By John Stonestreet, Christian Post Guest Columnist | Friday, January 08, 2021
U.S. Capitol Police stand detain protesters outside of the House Chamber during a joint session of Congress on January 06, 2021, in Washington, DC. Congress held a joint session today to ratify President-elect Joe Biden s 306-232 Electoral College win over President Donald Trump. A group of Republican senators said they would reject the Electoral College votes of several states unless Congress appointed a commission to audit the election results. | Drew Angerer/Getty Imag