Derek Newton

We are currently, I believe, watching the creation of an education zombie idea – the idea that we are facing “waves of college closures”. The idea has been around at least a decade, since wild predictions were made that more than half of all colleges would fail. Then, the reason was the rise of for-profit schools and online education. They were going to crush the old, big schools that could not innovate.

Stride logo. Stride If you judged by recent headlines, you might conclude that for-profit education providers have had a rough ride lately.

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"We're Hiring" flyers displayed at the Albany Job Fair in Latham, New York, US, on Wednesday, Oct. ... [+] 2, 2024.

This new information shows that undergraduate enrollment for fall of 2024 was up 3% – yes, up.

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Discovery Education CEO talks about a new report which highlights the importance of curiosity in learning.

Of the 16 schools on this year’s closure list, only two were not art or oriental medicine schools, religiously affiliated, or swept up in scandal. Two. Maybe three.

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