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SEPTEMBER 2019 – NEWSLETTER #26 | More breaking news at IBL News | New! Noticias en Español
Higher Ed
• Arizona State University Develops the First Adaptive-Learning Degree in Science
• SNHU Will Be the First University to Recognize Salesforce Training
• Startup Partners With University of Pittsburgh to Offer Transfer Credit for Online Classes
• Building Digital Programs Step-By-Step To Generate a Revenue Stream
OPM | Bootcamps
• 2U Will Release More Data As The OPM Industry Will Face Growing Scrutiny
• 2U’s Trilogy Education Launches Two Boot Camps with Columbia and Rice University
• Coding Bootcamps Are Booming: 23k New Graduates This Year
• Chegg Will Buy Coding Bootcamp Thinkful for $80 Million
Open Education
• The Open Education Consortium Awards Contributors to OER and Online Projects
• GitHub Classroom Builds an Extensible Ecosystem to Integrate Popular LMSes
• Google’s AI-Based App Provides Answers to Learners Who Get Stuck While Studying
• Google Introduces a Plagiarism Checker for Classroom and Assignments
Enterprise
• Big Tech Launches Confidential Computing Consortium to Improve Data Security
• Southwest Launches a Career Program with Four Universities to Train Pilots and Partners
• IBM Releases a Video Tutorial Series and Textbook to Educate on Quantum Computing
• Pluralsight.com Faces Class-Action Lawsuits From Investors Who Suffered Losses
MIT and Epstein (Chronologically)
• The MIT Media Lab‘s Scandal: Its Director Resigns After Lying Over His Ties to Epstein
• An MIT Professor Will Temporarily Lead the Media Lab In the Midst of the Crisis
• MIT Top Officials Were Aware of Epstein’s Ties to the Media Lab and Accepted Those Donations, Says Peter Cohen
• Explosive Admission on Epstein’s Donations: We Were Aware of the Gifts, Says MIT President
• Harvard University Acknowledges It Received Nearly $9 Million From Epstein
• MIT Students Call for Reif to Step Down and Denounce Cover-Up From the Top
• Stanford and Santa Fe Institute Took Money From Epstein; Harvard Had More Ties
• MIT Scientist Richard Stallman, Who Defended an Associate of Epstein, Resigns From CSAIL and FSF
• Tense Face-To-Face Meeting Between MIT Faculty and Top Officials; No Resignations Demanded
• A letter to President Rafael Reif & Provost Marty Schmidt regarding Epstein
2019 Upcoming Events
• Education Calendar – SEPTEMBER | OCTOBER | NOVEMBER | DECEMBER | JAN – JUNE 2020
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