TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

The rise of “Zoom University” was only possible because edtech wasn’t ready to address the biggest opportunity of the past year: remote learning at scale. It signals a shift from startups playing in the supplemental education space and searching to win a spot in the largest chunk of a students day: the classroom.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Each year, millions of students in India rush to get an admission in universities abroad. Scores of legacy and newfound firms are attempting to offer counselling to these students. Crimson Education, a platform to help students get into top universities, nabs $5M at a $245M valuation. valuation with fresh funding.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Engaged student and alum supporter: My daughter gets very excited when she hears talk about the university she attended. That’s because her school did a great job of engaging her while she was still a student. The university kept her engaged as life changed. She was able to engage with prospects and recent alums.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

“In a perfect world [where] we somehow had a magic wand that allowed us to collect the data on whatever we want on our fingers, what would we want to know to prevent [college] students from dropping out?,” They landed on using a chatbot as a service that could both effectively check in with college students and collect data in a timely way.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

The digital divide in academia is a particularly acute problem, which only grows as universities and colleges get less affordable, and as institutions aim to be more inclusive of people from demographics that might have traditionally been excluded from the halls of higher learning.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 16, 2021

An Indian student studying in the U.S., for instance, borrows money at an interest rate over 13%, compared to their local peers who can secure the same amount of credit, if not more, at less than half of that interest rate. Kumar said Leap today is helping students with guidance on admission, visas, and test preparation.

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sgEngage

JULY 20, 2023

As undergraduate enrollment continues to decline—one million fewer students enrolled in 2022 than in 2020*—colleges and universities must consider new ways to attract and retain students. A good award management system benefits both students and administrators.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 21, 2023

Asking people for money is a key aspect of every founder’s journey, but Techstars Managing Director Collin Wallace says it can also “accelerate your demise.” ” Blank Street cracked the code on making coffee shops attractive to VC Ask Sophie: Can I launch a startup if I’m in the US on a student visa?

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Boston offers a world of advantages for startup founders 5 investors discuss Boston’s resilient tech ecosystem The startup economy has grown and shifted since the turn of the century, and universities — stocked with a never-ending supply smart, ambitious young people — have increasingly taken part.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 26, 2021

When Vipul Patel lost half of his college credits while transferring from Florida Institute of Technology to Boston University, he began digging for answers. Patel soon stumbled upon equivalency tables , where universities track which courses from other institutions can be counted for credit during a transfer process.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 24, 2022

The startup, founded by Jackson Boyar and James Lu Morrissey , began by pairing up students with mentors virtually, and over time has added more structure and management to its marketplace. To date, Mentor Collective has 165 institutional, higher-education customers, including University of Colorado Denver, Penn State and Dartmouth.

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TechCrunch

MAY 10, 2023

The surge of interest in e-sports, online fantasy leagues and more extensive online financial infrastructure have made the concept of real-money gaming more popular among consumers and games developers. Brooks and Geller, computer science students at university, decided to work on a game with the wagering built in.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 9, 2021

The Covid-19 pandemic ushered in a new chapter for virtual learning, giving a boost of attention to existing tools and spurring the creation of new services and use cases as students of all ages were ordered to stay home and stay out of classrooms. The obvious place for Atom was to start was online learning aimed at students.

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Qgiv

JULY 26, 2021

If so, you probably have fond memories of that university. For universities, successful fundraising is dependent upon fostering these fond memories and making a lasting relationship with students. Think about how many students are in and out over the years. It makes for a fun and memorable experience for the student.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 11, 2021

Scott Galloway, the New York University professor, author, and tech entrepreneur, is taking the wraps off a $30 million Series A round for his newest company, Section4 , a platform for business “upskilling” that has now raised $37 million altogether. TC: You’re promising students access to top professors like yourself.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Many kids want to study coding, but school curriculums are limited, said Tung Nguyen, the co-founder of MindX , an online/offline education platform that focuses on preparing students for tech careers. MindX plans to build its network of tech companies that offer jobs to students who complete its courses.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

You need to ensure that any money raised specifically for scholarships actually goes into scholarship awards. Instead of only being able to report your overall funding totals, fund accounting allows you can report the total number of students supported, the total dollars that were dispersed, average award size, and other key statistics.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Between August 23rd and 24th, Ian Linkletter, a learning technology specialist at the University of British Columbia (UBC), made a series of tweets criticizing a software that his school uses. The software was called Proctorio, an online test-proctoring tool that monitors students for suspicious behavior while they take virtual exams.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 30, 2024

2) Think long term Students may be short on funds, but they’re long on passion and energy, and we all know a personal referral carries more weight than a cold call. So, connect with local high schools, colleges, universities, and clubs. Making time for another thing is challenging, as is giving money they don’t have.

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Care2

APRIL 6, 2011

Only 11% of 18-29 year olds donated money to a political campaign or cause.8% Only 11% of 18-29 year olds donated money to a political campaign or cause.8% The majority of college students don’t consider themselves politically active and they rarely donate money to campaigns or causes, or volunteer for candidates or issues.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Yusuf met with educational stakeholders at a public university in Ife, a neighbouring town near Lagos, to pull this off, but the deal never materialized. The country’s unemployment rate is at a staggering 34% and continues to leave many university graduates in its trail.

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Candid

MAY 9, 2023

For every $100 foundations give to an Ivy League school, how many dollars do you think foundations give to a historically Black college and university (HBCU)? Candid and ABFE partnered to create and publish Philanthropy and HBCUs: Foundation funding to historically Black colleges and universities.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Tom Iselin will show you how to increase your likability and “memorability” among donors that will deepen relationships, help you raise more money, and create greater donor loyalty. We got five excellent tactics for you that’ll help you raise more money, and improve your donor relationships through personal branding.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 22, 2020

The money will be used to develop curriculum and expand Yuanfudao’s online educational service, amid a larger boom in remote learning. In the two years since, Yuanfudao has doubled its total users to 400 million students across China. Making sense of 3 edtech extension rounds. Edtech startups flirt with unicorn-style growth.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Human rights activist and Mos founder Amira Yahyaoui couldn’t afford to go to college, so when she first launched a platform to connect students to scholarships, the innovation felt full circle. Yahyaoui said, starting with students. Mos, meanwhile, has helped students unlock more than $1.5 That’s the goal.”.

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sgEngage

JULY 24, 2023

The ongoing conversation about student debt and the value of a college credential exacerbates the issue for higher education institutions. do not feel their education was worth the cost, colleges and universities have to work harder and smarter to recruit, enroll, and retain students.

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TechCrunch

JULY 13, 2022

Barbier, whose co-founder Sylvain Kalache left the company at the beginning of the pandemic, noted that a number of potential acquirers approached him last year, but he didn’t think that they were a great fit and with plenty of money in the bank , there was no pressure to sell. “It’s not a high school.

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The Next Web

JANUARY 26, 2014

He mentors young startups at Singapore Management University and True Incube Thailand , a 500 Startups Partner. Most startups however, don’t have the kind of money required to do that. Instead of trying to market directly to students at those schools (“but we already have a social network!”) Users like free money, whodathunk!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

To effectively raise money online, NGOs need a website that makes a good first impression. You should also create a “Donate” page that details how donors can donate online, wire funds, mail funds, or send you mobile money. 2) Launch an e-newsletter.

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Donorbox

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Students should take advantage of as many ways to save money as they can. One of the ways nonprofits (nonprofit schools, universities, and other educational facilities) can help their students save money is by claiming education credits on their […]. But a college education can be costly.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 7, 2009

After all, that's the whole point of universal design ! I ran into a Stanford MBA student at TED, Joy Sun. But, all the students had cell phones. Bookaccess is where people with disabilities get their electronic books at reasonable prices, and the publisher makes some money.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

This is why the making of accessible books is a classic example of market failure: if publishers could make a lot of money selling braille, large print, audio, and fully accessible textbooks, we wouldn’t need a copyright exception. It’s expensive to make braille books. It’s expensive to adapt textbooks to be accessible.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 11, 2013

Stanford University lecturer Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen teaches students at Stanford about how to master philanthropy. ProjectU are: To provide any college or university educator with everything they need to teach a strategic philanthropy course. The goals for the Giving 2.0 3) Giving 2.0:

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Achieve

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

Looking to make some extra cash in college, I joined a small but relentless army of student workers calling alumni and asking them to donate to the university. If you’ve graduated from a four-year university in the past century, chances are you’ve received a call like this. Mostly, I enjoyed talking with older alumni.

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Achieve

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

For schools, alumni departments and university foundations, this research is nothing short of eye opening. As universities work fervently to secure alumni donors and preserve their existing alumni base, they are doing so during a time of obvious and turbulent change in the world of higher ed. We know that Millennials like to give.

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Achieve

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

For schools, alumni departments and university foundations, this research is nothing short of eye opening. As universities work fervently to secure alumni donors and preserve their existing alumni base, they are doing so during a time of obvious and turbulent change in the world of higher ed. The Millennial Alumni Study.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

I just got back form the Economic Self-Reliance Conference at Brigham Young University in Utah. His projection was that students were going to save more money on textbooks after three semesters of Flat World operations than investors had put into it. This practice was especially awarded at the ESR conference.

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