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2U was founded in 2008 by John Katzman (who founded The Princeton Review and later, Noodle) originally naming it 2tor (pronounced "Tutor") after his dog Tor. [6] Katzman recruited colleagues including Chip Paucek (former CEO of Hooked on Phonics), and technology entrepreneur Jeremy Johnson to be co-founders. [7]
Trilogy Education was founded in 2015 by Dan Sommer, whose father was a trustee for State University of New York.The younger Sommer had previously worked for an OPM, an acronym for companies which help universities bring their courses online. [1]
John Katzman (born October 10, 1959) is an American EdTech pioneer. He founded and ran Princeton Review, which assists students with their studies and career choices, and then founded and ran 2U and Noodle Partners, both of which use are tech-enabled service providers to universities.
The original Latin word universitas refers in general to "a number of persons associated into one body, a society, company, community, guild, corporation, etc". [13] As urban town life and medieval guilds developed, specialized associations of students and teachers with collective legal rights (these rights were usually guaranteed by charters issued by princes, prelates, or their towns) became ...
The Scarbrough Building in downtown Austin, home of the University of Austin. The University of Austin (UATX) is a private, nonprofit, [4] [5] liberal arts university located in Austin, Texas. [6]
SBUDNIC was launched to test Arduino Nano and other commercial off-the-shelf technology in space, using a simple, open-source design. [2]An ambitious project is the QB50, an international network of 50 CubeSats for multi-point by different universities and other teams, in-situ measurements in the lower thermosphere (90–350 km) and re-entry research.
For-profit higher education in the United States refers to the commercialization and privatization of American higher education institutions. For-profit colleges have been the most recognizable for-profit institutions, and more recently with online program managers, but commercialization has been part of US higher education for centuries.
Stetson University was founded in 1883 as DeLand Academy, after the principal founder of the town, Henry Addison DeLand.In 1887, the institution was incorporated as DeLand University, [4] but in 1889, its name was changed to John B. Stetson University.