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Opposition Arises Amid Nearing University of Arkansas System Acquisition of University of Phoenix

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The University of Arkansas (UA) system may be nearing an affiliation deal with embattled for-profit University of Phoenix, and UA faculty and staff continue to object to the move, worried about the damage it could do to the reputation of the state’s schools, The Washington Post reported.

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

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Interest rates have stayed pinned at historic lows for the last fifteen years, ever since the Fed injected liquidity into the market to save the banking sector. It’s not like Coke and Pepsi… The Coursera platform, writ large , connects universities, learners, government agencies, megacorporations, and local employers.