KC Estenson used to spend his time trying to get you to click on his stories and watch his videos. Now he wants your kids to watch his videos and run around the classroom. Estenson is the new CEO of GoNoodle, an education company that distributes videos to schools and homes, aimed at getting kids active while teaching them something, or at least entertaining them. Estenson ran CNN’s digital arm from 2008 through 2014; he left two years into the Jeff Zucker era. At GoNoodle, he replaces co-founder Scott McQuigg as the company’s leader; McQuigg will take a seat on the company’s board. The Nashville-based company has raised $16 million since 2013. GoNoodle’s software is free. It generates revenue via underwriting deals …
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StraighterLine and Dallas County Community College District (DCCCD) Launch New Partnership through the Department of Education’s EQUIP Pilot Initiative
BALTIMORE, MD (PRWEB) APRIL 12, 2018 - StraighterLine, the leading provider of low-cost, high-quality online courses that enable students to earn college credit, and the Texas-based Dallas County Community College District (DCCCD) are accepting applications for their joint associate degree pathway programs at Brookhaven College. Classes start on Aug. 27, 2018. The program is the first of eight selected by the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) for its Educational Quality through Innovation Partnerships (EQUIP) initiative to launch to students. Through EQUIP, StraighterLine and Brookhaven College will offer two associate degree programs in which students will be able to take more than 50 percent of their coursework …
Brookhaven College pilots alternative credential pathways
Dive Brief: Brookhaven College is partnering with StraighterLine to pilot a new associate's degree model that Brookhaven President Thom Chesney hopes will take "down barriers to access education." The pilot is one of eight such programs supported by the U.S. Department of Education, allowing institutions and non-traditional providers to collaborate to provide education to low-income students with access to federal financial aid programs. Under the agreement, students would take their first 30 credit hours of general education courses online through StraighterLine and the last 30 at Brookhaven in Farmers Branch, Texas, with the college administrating and dispersing the federal funds and issue degrees. The program will focus …
Connecture, Inc. Completes Take-Private Acquisition by Francisco Partners
BROOKFIELD, Wis. — April 26, 2018 —Connecture, Inc., a provider of web-based information systems used to create health insurance marketplaces, today announced the completion of the acquisition by affiliates of Francisco Partners, a leading technology-focused private equity firm. The transaction was approved by Connecture’s Board of Directors and a shareholder majority, marking a new era for Connecture as it officially becomes a privately-held company. “This is a transformative new chapter for our organization,” said Connecture President and CEO Jeff Surges. “Ultimately, it will allow us to have greater mobility to execute on our vision of becoming the clear choice for shopping, quoting and enrollment technology for the U.S. …
Herzing University Launches Regent Award to Automate and Streamline Financial Aid Processing
FREDERICK, Md., April 18, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Herzing University and Regent Education are proud to announce the launch of the Regent Award financial aid management solution. Nine months after the full implementation of Regent Review, Herzing University now will automate a significant portion of its financial aid lifecycle through Regent Education's flagship solution, Regent Award. This world-class institution now is better positioned to serve its student population through more effective and efficient financial aid verification, packaging and disbursement. The Regent Award implementation is expected to help Herzing University improve efficiencies by automating financial aid packaging for multiple enrollment models and academic …
Dept. of Ed. Approves First EQUIP Program
The U.S. Department of Education has approved the first program under its Educational Quality Through Innovative Partnerships (EQUIP) initiative. StraighterLine, an unaccredited online course provider, will partner with Brookhaven College in Texas to offer a joint associate degree to students this August. Students will complete more than 50 percent of their course work online through the StraighterLine platform. The partnership is the first of eight programs selected by EQUIP to receive formal approval. The goal of the EQUIP initiative, launched in 2015, was to help create pathways for students to use federal financial aid toward credentials from nontraditional providers. The EQUIP initiative has been divisive among …