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FEBRUARY 2022 – NEWSLETTER #49 | Breaking news at IBL News | Noticias en Español
Universities
• Universities Face Existential Threats Unless They Transform Their Operating Models
• The President of MIT, Rafael Reif, Will Step Down at the End of 2022
• Touro College Will Move Its Campus to a Skyscraper in NYC, Betting on In-Person Learning
• The President of the University of Michigan Fired After an Affair with a Subordinate
Research
• A Growing Digital Skills Crisis: A Majority of the Workforce Feels Unprepared
• Video Becomes the Preferred Teaching Method, States a Research
• The LMS Market Will Experience Growth on a Large Scale by 2026
• A Research Suggests that Career-Connected Learning is the Key for the Job-Skills Crisis
• Resigners Enroll Short-Term Courses to Help Them Reskill and Get Back Into the Workforce
Pandemic
• The Pandemic Caused to Students $17 Trillion Loss in Lifetime Earnings
• Colleges See Online Classes as a Temporary Measure to Combat the Omicron Variant
• U.S. Colleges Continue Delaying the Resume the Start of In-Person Classes
Initiatives
• An AI-Created Politician Draws the Attention as Deep Learning Technology Expands
• Stanford University Launches Its First Full Class in Metaverse Virtual Reality
• College Board’s SAT Will Be Digital Starting in 2023
• A DoD-Funded VR Initiative Will Upskill Manufacturing Workers
Industry Acquisitions
• Pearson Purchases Certification Platform Credly for $200 Million
• Cengage Buys Cybersecurity Training Provider Infosec for $190.8 Million
• Ellucian Buys CampusLogic Financial Student SaaS Company
• Inside Higher Ed News Outlet Acquired by a Leading British Media Group
VC Fundraising
• Domestika Reaches Unicorn Status After Raising $110 Million
• GVS Investment Firm Releases an Update of Its Top 150 VC-Backed EdTech Start-Ups List
• The Film Studio Behind “The Chosen” Raised $47 Million from VCs
2022 Events | All of the Key Conferences Listed!
• Education Calendar 2022 – FEB | MAR | APRIL | MAY | JUNE | JULY | Conferences in Latin America & Spain
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