All posts by Henry Kronk
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myStudentAid, the DoE’s FAFSA App, Gets Mixed Reviews
November 13, 2018 Henry Kronk
On Tuesday, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) paid a visit to Sevierville, Tenn., a small town in the Smoky…
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How Effective Is AI-Based School Security? Athena Security Says they Provide an Extra Protection, not a Silver Bullet
November 12, 2018 Henry Kronk
Mass shootings have captured the public’s attention throughout 2018. Over the 31 days of October this year, there were 29 mass shootings according…
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These 8 Colleges Will Debut eSports Teams and Scholarships in 2019
November 08, 2018 Henry Kronk
2018 is nearing to a close. Throughout the past 10 months, varsity level eSports—and accompanying scholarships—have gone from novelty to old news. As…
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ProQuest Announces Plans to Revamp Library Acquisitions and Services Under One Platform, Rialto
November 06, 2018 Henry Kronk
On Tuesday, academic database, publisher, and title vendor ProQuest, along with its partner company Ex Libris, announced they’d be overhauling the library selection…
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Gale and the American Antiquarian Society Announce the 6th Installment of American Historic Periodicals, A Massive Digitization Project of American Print
November 06, 2018 Henry Kronk
What’s black and white and 6 million digitized pages long? The answer would be American Historical Periodicals from the American Antiquarian Society. The…
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2U Partners with the Yale School of Management to Offer Short Online Courses
November 05, 2018 Henry Kronk
On Monday, the online program manager 2U announced that it will be partnering with the Yale School of Management to create short online…
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4 Proven Applications of Pre-K Online Learning That the Media Doesn’t Talk About
November 05, 2018 Henry Kronk
For anyone who follows edtech, a trend appeared to emerge in October: eLearning in early education is bad. Whether it’s aggressively marketed ‘educational’…
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Does Performance Funding Work for Higher Ed?
November 02, 2018 Henry Kronk
While the U.S. routinely ranks numerous universities among the best in the world, the system of higher education as a whole still has…
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2018 Midterms Will Mark the Year of Education, But not Edtech
November 01, 2018 Henry Kronk
The 2018 midterm elections are less than a week away. This year, issues of education are forming a primary concern for numerous cities,…
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Quizlet Reaches 50 Million Active Users and Announces a Second Office in Denver
October 30, 2018 Henry Kronk
Quizlet describes itself as a ‘user-generated consumer learning platform.’ The platform allows for the creation of online flash cards and numerous other study…
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