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Monday, November 16, 2015
APLU Grant Offering Going Beyond the Pilot Project - Paul Fain, Inside Higher Ed
The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities already had begun working to help some of its 237 member universities give adaptive learning a try, typically through the development of an experimental course. This week, however, APLU is taking that effort to the next level with a competitive grant process for members that want to use adaptive courseware in multiple general education courses that enroll large numbers of students, or ones with high failure rates. The project, which the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is funding with a $4.6 million grant, also will focus on universities' use of online tools to be proactive in advising students.
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2015/11/16/land-grant-university-group-backs-adaptive-learning-new-grant-project