This Week in Edtech with Ben Kornell, 9/16/22

Guest: Fadl Al Tarzi, Founder & CEO @ Nexford University

• Online University Nexford will use $8M to plug affordability and relevance gaps in education

Topics This Week:

1. Ads in Education

   • The next chapter for Learning on YouTube

   • Roblox jumping into ads in effort to diversify beyond virtual goods

2. SPACS & Aging Unicorns

   • London Looks to Un-Meme the SPAC Market 

   • A Sober Look at SPACs

3. College Chaos

   • Malignant by Scott Galloway

   • College Student Transfers Declined By Nearly 300,000 During Pandemic

   • Oberlin Says It Will Pay $36.59 Million to a Local Bakery

   • The Post-Pandemic College Campus as a Design Challenge

   • France hits 400,000 international student mark after record growth

   • Stanford Law to offer 'income share' financing as law school costs soar

4. Religion & Education

   • In Hasidic Enclaves, Failing Yeshivas Flush With Public Money

   • Yeshiva University doesn't have to recognize LGBTQ student group for now, Sotomayor rules

5. Funding + M&A

   • 3 in 10 Education Companies Secured VC or Made Acquisitions Over the Last Year

   • Virtual Internships raises $14.3M

   • uDocz raises $2M 

   • Hone raises $30M

   • Tract raises $7M

   • Docquity raises $44M

   • Edupia raises $14M

   • Code First Girls raises £4.5M

   • Citizens Financial Group acquires College Raptor

   • Lepaya acquires vCOACH

   • Orenda Education Merges with Think Together

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