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This Week in Edtech with Ben Kornell, 1/21/22

2022/1/21
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In this Week in Edtech, we cover:1) Lawsuit Alleging Price-Fixing at Top Universities- NY Times)2) Phil Hill's Coverage of the Shrinking Non-Profit University Ecosystem- Phil on Edtech)3) India cracks down on OPM providers in Higher Ed- Times of India)- Economic Times)4) LEAD Becomes the First Indian Edtech Unicorn of 2022 with a $100m round- The News Minute)- Techcrunch)5) Around the World- US: GSV Elite 200 Edtech companies Released)- UK: MyTutor acquires coding platform Fire Tech)- Africa: Egyptian Edtech Orcas Raises Round),  $10M Future of Learning fund from Future Africa)- LATAM: Ubits raises $25m to create the Netflix of corporate training) 6) Education Labor Force- 74Million: Report shows that there is no 'big quit' in education, but specialized positions are still hard to fill) We also play a game of 'fill in the blank' with questions like "University Presidents should feel _________ given the barrage of negative recent headlines about legacy Higher Ed" and take questions live from the On Deck )Ed Tech fellowship.