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The AI-Powered Edge in Education: How LearningClues Is Enabling Student Success with Co-founder and CEO Dr. Perry Samson
Darin Francis - June 30, 2025As AI continues to reshape education, institutions face a growing challenge in ensuring students succeed without compromising engagement or integrity. Todays college students are often juggling jobs, family, and coursework, leading to limited study time and increased dropout risk.
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How Human-Centered Design Led to a Startup Accelerator for Education: A Conversation with Transcend Network's Co-founder Michael Narea
Darin Francis - June 20, 2025The convergence of human-centered design and education innovation is reshaping how edtech ventures emerge and scale. As AI enables hyper-efficiency and bootstrapped entrepreneurship becomes more viable, the real differentiator is empathyfounders who listen deeply to users before building solutions.
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How Calbright College Is Using AI, Micro-Internships, and Flexible Learning to Serve Adult Learners in California
Darin Francis - June 10, 2025At a time when traditional higher education is being reevaluated for its return on investment, institutions like Calbright College are emerging as transformative forces. With roughly 6.
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From Freshmen to Founders: Michigan Students Take on Higher Ed's Summer Melt Crisis with MeetYourClass
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Getting Elite Level Support for College Admissions with ESAI Founder Julia Dixon
Darin Francis - May 12, 2025College admissions have long favored those with accesswhether thats legacy ties, zip code advantages, or the ability to afford pricey private consultants. But now, the game is changing.
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The Future of Residential College: Hybrid, Scalable, and Built for Student Demand
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