Overtime wants to pay high schoolers $100k+ to drop dimes in new league
Sports media startup Overtime is starting a basketball league that will pay top 16- to 18-year-old b-ball players a minimum of $100k a year.
Coursera’s IPO signals big changes ahead for higher ed
Coursera is going public. Here’s what that means for the future of higher ed.
College Cash: tackling America’s $1.7T student debt problem
College is not cheap in the US. In total, Americans owe $1.7T in debt. College Cash is trying to change that.
Where English learning meets AI
ELSA -- which just raised a $15M round -- is using AI to power its English-learning app
Happy 20th Birthday, Wikipedia
Teachers may not approve, but Wikipedia is one of the world’s most popular websites, with 22B visits each month. It turns 20 this week.
How is Harvard Business School teaching the pandemic?
Harvard Business School is writing up new case studies on pharma, cruise ships, and other business challenges during COVID.
ApplyBoard’s Martin Basiri: “Access to education is our number one goal”
After raising a recent $55m round, ApplyBoard’s CEO talks to us about the startup's roadmap and his thoughts on the future of education.
The multibillion-dollar school-bus business is hurting
About ⅓ of public school districts depend on private buses -- but the industry is veering toward disaster.
The latest pandemic-era controversy? Microschools
Microschool angst is a big mood
‘Telephone teaching’ was the remote learning of the 1950s
Before Zoom, we had phone classrooms.
Whoda thunk? An AI project brings together an unlikely alliance
Big Tech, academia, and the federal government could collaborate on AI efforts.
Forget DIY crafts. Rural Colorado is trying out DIY broadband
Project Thor wants to smash the digital divide to smithereens.
A tutoring service gives away its tech to campus centers closed by the pandemic
Knack is letting campuses try out its platform for free, and user engagement is on the rise.
Last semester, colleges got an A+ in student surveillance
Colleges and universities across the country use sophisticated surveillance systems to track their students’ locations.
At some colleges, ‘senior year’ has new meaning
With freshman enrollment down, some universities see incentive in catering to retirees. On-campus senior living facilities are way swankier than any frat house you've been in.
Newly released tuition and salary data reveals just how much (or how little) your top-dollar education is worth
Colleges are for the first time disclosing student starting salaries vs. debt, by program and degree. You could make six figures with a biz degree from Bismarck State College -- way more than some elite schools.
Lambda raises $30m to ‘invest’ in students… in exchange for some of their income
Lambda, an ed-tech startup that offers tuition-free courses for a slice of students’ future incomes, raised $30m.
The ol’ college try: Cheddar buys Rate My Professors, doubling down on students
Video streaming company Cheddar bought Rate My Professors to make extra sure that college students know it exists.
It’s still uncool to stay in school: Applications to MBA programs fell 7% this year
MBA applications in the US fell 7% in 2018, marking declines in the once flooded application process for a fourth consecutive year.
As tuition rises, college kids are buying insurance in case they have to drop out
As the cost of college increases, more and more students are insuring their tuition in case something gets in the way.
New Study: Ivy League Grads Earn Less Than Less Prestigious Colleges
A new study proves grads from America’s most prestigious colleges actually earn less than less fancy schools. Take that, Harvard.
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