The University of Phoenix probably wishes the students were just cutting class. But many aren’t even enrolled anymore.Enrollment at America’s largest for-profit university was about 460,000 students five years ago. Now it’s 213,000.The University of Phoenix’s parent company, Apollo Education Group (APOL), announced more losses Wednesday. Its revenues and enrollment both sank roughly 14% in its latest quarter compared to a year ago.Apollo CEO Greg Cappelli tried to strike an optimistic tone, but investors gave the stock an “F” for falling. The stock tanked almost 30% Wednesday. Read the rest of the story on CNN Money.
The 70th ASCD Annual Conference and Exhibit Show kicked off in Houston! Check out the video to get your conference experience off and running.
The U.S. Department of Education wants to hire 200 more investigators to expand its civil rights division by 30 percent.
F iftyThree has spent the last several years making products to increase creativity among users. Now the company has an eye on producing new tools not just for the consumer market, but that enterprise and education users could also leverage. To help with that, the company is also announcing it has raised $30 million in new financing from New Enterprise Associates.FiftyThree started out with an iPad app called Paper that was built to give users new tools to unlock their creativity. It followed that up with Pencil, a stylus designed to interact with Paper and make it easier for creators to use the app. Most recently, the company released Mix, which provides a new way for them to collaborate.Read the rest of the article on TechCrunch
David Greene, an educator and author, discusses the tactics involved in the process of improving education, commonly referred to as education reform.
Dr. Idit Harel, CEO and Founder of Globaloria, is an Israeli American entrepreneur with extensive experience in the trenches of education innovation and thought leadership. Since her days at the MIT Media Lab, and then MaMaMedia, Harel has been a pioneer in integrating computer programming in learning environments that advance students knowledge and application for what she calls the “new literacy.”
In this edCicruit interview, we sit down with Intel Vice President and General Manager of Education John Galvin.
Teaching critical thinking is crucial for students to understand cause-and-effect, ethics, and sportsmanship.
Flashsticks CEO Veejay Lingiah talks about learning foreign languages with the help of special notes and the origins of the company.