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March 2024 - News, News, and more News! - bjcheung77 - 03-16-2024
Record number of Indian students at US institutions...
Link: At US universities, record numbers of Indian students seek brighter prospects — and overseas jobs (yahoo.com)
Scholastic investing in 9 Story Media...
Link: Scholastic to Invest in 9 Story Media Group, Significantly Expanding Opportunities for Production and Global Licensing of Scholastic IP (newswire.ca)
Wow, Accenture is looking into acquire Udacity! Amazing eh?
Link: Accenture to acquire Udacity to build a learning platform focused on AI | TechCrunch
UWorld Acquires Aspen Publishing...
Link: UWorld Acquires Aspen Publishing to Deliver Extensive Legal Learning Resources
This might be on a pay firewall, I was able to read it as it was my 4th of 5 articles daily.
Link: Fontbonne University to close in 2025 (insidehighered.com)
March 2024 - News, News, and more News! - NotJoeBiden - 03-16-2024
You are clearly someone who clearly follows online education closely. Can you interpret what these changes might mean for a layman like myself?
RE: March 2024 - News, News, and more News! - bjcheung77 - 04-03-2024
StraighterLine Acquires ProSolutions Training
Wow, seems like StraighterLine is acquiring and growing their customer base more rapidly than I thought...
Link: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/leading-providers-early-childhood-education-040100368.html
Bluffton U to merge with University of Findlay
Link: https://www.highereddive.com/news/bluffton-u-merger-university-of-findlay-ohio-christian-private-colleges/711054/
Cornerstone & Spatial Learning Acquisition
Link: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240319649738/en/Cornerstone-Becomes-End-to-End-Learning-Content-Solution-with-Spatial-Learning-Acquisition
Making College Mergers Easier in New York
Interesting, shouldn't they focus on college mergers in the state first before venturing outside the state? Example, two or more in-state colleges about the same size are struggling, merge them both and try to streamline their systems.
Link: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/government/state-policy/2024/03/26/making-college-mergers-easier-new-york
RE: March 2024 - News, News, and more News! - edugoabroad - 04-10-2024
@bjcheung77 Thank you for sharing your thoughts on this topic. I appreciate your perspective and the insights you've provided.
RE: March 2024 - News, News, and more News! - LevelUP - 04-10-2024
(03-16-2024, 02:22 PM)bjcheung77 Wrote: This might be on a pay firewall, I was able to read it as it was my 4th of 5 articles daily.
Link: Fontbonne University to close in 2025 (insidehighered.com)
Clear your cookies, and you can read 5 more.
RE: March 2024 - News, News, and more News! - bjcheung77 - 04-16-2024
Keystone Partners Announces Acquisition of The Center for Executive Coaching (CEC)
Link: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/keystone-partners-announces-acquisition-of-the-center-for-executive-coaching-cec-302110462.html
Skillshare® Acquires Creator Tooling Start-Up Superpeer to Expand its Suite of Products for Creatives
Link: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/skillshare-acquires-creator-tooling-start-up-superpeer-to-expand-its-suite-of-products-for-creatives-302088169.html
FRA acquires London College of Beauty Therapy
Link: https://www.fashionretailacademy.ac.uk/news/fra-acquires-london-college-of-beauty-therapy
Leading early educator acquires Gold Coast-based centre
Link: https://newshub.medianet.com.au/2024/03/leading-early-educator-acquires-gold-coast-based-centre/40567/
International students considering markets beyond the Big 4
Link: https://www.applyboard.com/applyinsights-article/student-survey-spring-2024
Minister confirms Canada’s final cap allotments for provinces and territories
Link: https://thepienews.com/news/2024-to-2025-allocations/
RE: March 2024 - News, News, and more News! - bjcheung77 - 09-04-2024
Bumping this thread!
Blue Owl-Led Private Debt Group Takes Ownership of Pluralsight
Link: https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/business/company-news/2024/08/22/blue-owl-led-private-debt-group-takes-ownership-of-pluralsight/
California College of the Arts announces possible layoffs
Link: https://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/article/sf-cca-art-college-19717095.php
Keystone College Plans to Merge With Fledgling Think Tank
Link: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-takes/2024/08/19/keystone-college-plans-merge-fledgling-think-tank
Peirce College to Merge with Lackawanna College
Yes, it's the same Pierce College we have a WIKI page on, they've got programs that allow up to a max of 102 transfer credits.
Some of these are actually interesting Bachelors that aren't as common. https://degreeforum.miraheze.org/wiki/Peirce_College
Link: https://www.lackawanna.edu/peirce-college-to-merge-with-lackawanna-college/