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Gates Foundation Pushing More Data Tracking in Higher Ed, Linking Outcomes to Funding
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is once again calling for change in higher education. Among other things, the politically influential Gates Foundation is now pushing for reforms that are reminiscent in some ways of the K-12 reforms the organization has forwarded in recent years, including all-encompassing tracking of student outcome data and connecting such data to institutional funding.
More Student Hackers to Tackle NSA Codebreaker Challenge
The National Security Alliance is hosting an annual exercise for students and professors to apply programming skills to solve problems related to national security.
MoreRochester Institute of Tech, Bradley U to Evaluate Effectiveness of K-12 Computer Skills Initiatives
Researchers at the Rochester Institute of Technology and Bradley University have received a $1.19 million grant from the National Science Foundation to study the effectiveness of K-12 efforts to encourage computing skills.
MoreedX MOOC-Based Micro-Masters Expand to Multiple Universities
An experiment by MIT to test out a credential program delivered as a MOOC has blossomed into 19 different "micro-masters" offered by nearly as many members of the edX consortium.
MoreE-Learning Platform Provides Alternative to Medical School Lectures
Medskl offers medical school professors and students free access to alternative learning materials from top medical professionals around the world.
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