Tag: funding
5 Tips For Finding A Scholarship
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Nowadays, searching for high school scholarships should be easier than ever before—but is it? Searching for plainly “Scholarships” in search engines will return you about 83 million results. That high number of result...
Which Schools Graduate The Most Entrepreneurs?
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There's a group of colleges that see huge investment in startups founded by graduates. So which schools graduate the most entrepreneurs?
Why Should You Go To College?
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Why should you go to college? Deke Pierce offers his take on why you may not need to attend a physical campus. It's an alternative perspective from a post by Jeff Dunn on the future of liberal arts.
The 60-Second Guide To The Fiscal Cliff
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Classrooms of all stripes could use a guide to the fiscal cliff. This infographic does a decent job at simplifying a very complex subject.
Big Money Rolls Into MOOCs As Udemy Raises $12 Million
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Udemy has officially announced a $12 million Series B round of financing. To give you some perspective, the total funding for Udemy is now at $16 million.
GetEdFunding Is A New Way For Teachers To Find Grants and Funding
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Looking for grant money? Want to figure out a way to actually bring iPads into your classroom? My mother (3rd grade teacher) has been trying to figure out the best place to start finding innovative grants and funding opportunities for her classroom. I think a new site, GetEdFunding (name says it all), may foot the bill.
CourseHorse Launches Online Discovery Engine For Real-World Classes
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Online learning is a great way to pick up crucial skills to get ahead in life. But where do you turn when you want to try your hand (or feet, as it were) at dancing the tango? What about finding an in-person painting class happening in your town?
How Investors Are Shaping The Future Of Education
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The influx of investment money is a relatively new and exciting experience for the education sector. Over the past couple years, we've seen millions of dollars poured into the 'hottest' startups in education. From Chegg to Coursera, there's been a renewed interest in shaping the future of education.
What Would You Choose: School or Jail?
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This seems like a pretty easy question to answer, right? Who would really choose going to jail over going to school? Well, apparently it depends on what you're going for! If you based it solely on the number of dollars spent on you in each place, then you should pick jail. Really? Jail?
Stanford’s StartX Gets $800,000 Grant To Spur Student Innovation
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The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation today announced an $800,000 grant to StartX, which runs a startup accelerator for university students, to support expansion and national scaling of the program.
Cramming 2.0: InstaEDU Offers Students Last-Minute Help
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There is a massive push to bring more and more learning online. From Khan Academy to Coursehero to online schools, the future is clear. But there's a new take on the current online learning model and it's just gotten some major capital funding. More than a million dollars in funding, actually.
Help Crowdfund the Thesaurus of the Future
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A new visual thesaurus app for the Apple iPad promises to inspire students to discover and explore words, in an inexpensive or free app. In a twist, the app developers have turned to crowd-funding site KickStarter to raise funds to build the app, and then release it for schools, parents, or anyone else to download for free or 99 cents.
New Crowdfunding Site Might Just Revolutionize Scientific Research
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When it comes to funding for scientific research, it's a tricky business. Most grants are awarded by the government and have little to no input from the taxpayers. A new startup wants to change that. It's called Petridish and it puts the power in your hands to pick which scientific studies should be funded.
This Is How Harvard Spends Tuition Dollars
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College tuition is no laughing matter. Luckily, there are some schools that have a tremendous amount of financial aid available to students. Schools like Harvard, for example.
Project #1: EduXchange – Online Courseware Builder
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Funding Goal Jonathan Woahn hopes to raise $20,000 in order to fund the development and technical build of EduXchange. Funding will be open for 45 days. Project Description The world of online education is developing...
Calling All Innovative Teachers In Need Of Funding
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As Edudemic 2.0 gets slowly rolled out, I wanted to alert readers and partners to a new initiative taking place behind the scenes right now. Here's the skinny: Problem There are countless great ideas being thrown arou...
