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MARCH – APRIL 2022 – NEWSLETTER #50 | Breaking news at IBL News | Noticias en Español
Skills & Life-Long Learning
• Digital Credentials Will See an Explosion of Demand, Experts Say
• “People Will Be Learning All Their Life,” Said Crow at the ASU+GSV Summit
• “One-Third of Employees Are Shifting Their Hiring Practices into Skills,” Says WGU’s President
• President Biden Showed His Support to Skills-Based Education and Hiring
• Seven Online Learning Trends and Areas of Growth for this Decade
• Skills Management EdTech Company Territorium Partnered with Non-Profit Credential Engine
Crypto
• Opera Launches its Crypto Browser with a Built-In Wallet for iOS Phones and iPads
• “Crypto Will Give Everyone the Tools to Build Wealth,” States an Insightful Report
• Crypto Deepens Financial Literacy Education Gaps Across Millennials
• Skills Management EdTech Company Territorium Partnered with Non-Profit Credential Engine
Universities
• Stanford Replaces Harvard as the Preferred Dreamed University
• MIT Reinstates SAT/ACT Requirement for Student Admissions
• Prof. Lorena A. Barba Awarded a Doctor Honoris Causa from Top Chilean University
• CUNY Online Will Launch Ten Associate, Bachelor’s, and Master’s Degree Programs by Spring 2023
• A Vulnerability on a Popular App on Campuses Allows to Open Unlocked Doors
• Stanford University Ends a $1.7M Contract with a Russian Entity
• Protests, Demonstrations, and Institutional Measures in U.S. Universities Against the Invasion of Ukraine
• New York State Lifts Its Mask Mandate for Public School Students
Policy
• U.S. Secretary of Education Asked for a Disruption of the System Since “It is not Designed for Everyone”
• China’s Harsh Regulation on Education Resulted in 200K Layoffs and $100B Wiped Off
• Only One in Three Science and Engineering Researchers Is a Woman, the UN Denounces
• The UN Launches an Initiative to Improve Nutrition in Schools
Public Companies
• Intel and the NSF Will Invest $150 Million in Semiconductor Manufacturing Education
• Chegg Hires a Former VP of edX for Shaping a New Learning Strategy
• Amazon Will Fully Pay College Tuition to Its 750,000 American Employees
• Amazon Will Provide Educational Resources to Immigrant Employees
• AT&T Launches a Standards-Aligned Learning and Entertainment Platform for K-12 Students
• ETS Appoints a New President and CEO to Succeed Walt MacDonald
Start-Ups
• Fast Company Selects the Most Innovative Educational Companies
• Data Management Top 50 Start-Ups Are Valued Over 100 Billion
• Fusion Academy Will Open Four New Schools by June
• InfluxData Creates an Online University to Educate Developers on Time-Series Data
• European GoStudent Opens in the U.S., Offering Its Low-Cost Tutoring Service
Transactions
• Ellucian Completes the Acquisition of Financial Aid Company CampusLogic
• Private Equity Firm Veritas Buys Mifflin Harcourt Company for $2.8 Billion
2022 Events | All of the Key Conferences Listed!
• Education Calendar 2022 – APRIL | MAY | JUNE | JULY | Conferences in Latin America & Spain
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