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2U To Acquire The Nonprofit EdX For $800M
On June 29, the online education community was redefined. After several years of trying to compete against the leaders of this product category, MIT and Harvard have agreed to sell their nonprofit MOOC/OPM solution to 2U for 800M$. The consolidated company will reach over 50 million learners and offer more than 3,500 digital programs thanks ... 2U To Acquire The Nonprofit EdX For $800M Read More
Blackstone And Vista Equity To Acquire Ellucian
In 2019, we mentioned in our newsletter that TPG Capital and Leonard Green were getting ready to sell Ellucian in a potential $5 billion-plus sale. After 18 months, on June 14, Blackstone and Vista Equity announced that they would soon acquire this major player in the higher education ERP industry. With this acquisition, Vista Equity ... Blackstone And Vista Equity To Acquire Ellucian Read More
Are Student Information Systems Being Replaced?
As you may have noticed, HigherEd evolves in a pendulum motion. At the university level, we can observe movements of centralization of services being depleted over time in favour of a decentralization favouring services in faculties and schools to then return to a central decision-making process a few years later. With IT systems being implemented ... Are Student Information Systems Being Replaced? Read More
Francisco Partners Purchased VitalSource
On June 1, Francisco Partners, an investment firm that focuses on technology, officially acquired VitalSource to broaden its investments in digital education. With this new investment, Francisco partners gain more than 25 years of experience in digital learning platforms, implemented across the world. About VitalSource Founded in 1994, VitalSource has improved the online course materials ... Francisco Partners Purchased VitalSource Read More
What is a peer institution for Education?
When it comes to product selection, a question that is often asked is: what product is implemented in a comparable institution? This is a normal and healthy exercise. To be able to answer this question, we first need to set some criteria to define what is a peer institution. Criteria to define a “peer institution” ... What is a peer institution for Education? Read More
An update to our report on grant management system
At LISTedTECH, with spring comes our second report on grant management systems. After last year’s interest in our report, we are working hard on the updated version for 2021. Should you be interested in reading the report, we aim to have it available in early June. Like last year, we have contacted the companies in ... An update to our report on grant management system Read More
Quottly – Helping Students Graduate on Time
Student graduation rate is a challenge that many universities and colleges face. We often see student success/retention systems being implemented to tackle this situation, but what about coming back to the basics and simply helping them find courses to finish their program? As part of our monthly series on edtech companies, this month, we showcase ... Quottly – Helping Students Graduate on Time Read More
Are RFPs a Good Predictor for Product Purchase?
Since the inception of LISTedTECH, we mostly relied on web crawling to gain our knowledge about implementations in HigherEd (and K-12) for all product categories. As we want to become more efficient and versatile with our data collection, and possibly get an extra indicator of market trends, we have started, six months ago, compiling RFP ... Are RFPs a Good Predictor for Product Purchase? Read More
Cloud Nine for Ellucian
Ellucian had their yearly conference Ellucian live 2021 last week. During the event, we saw several announcements about their cloud implementations. At LISTedTECH, we like to use this type of affirmations to help validate our data. We decided to use this occasion to share it. As a general rule, we are able to gather 80% ... Cloud Nine for Ellucian Read More
Average Lifespan of IT Systems in Higher Education
How much time a system is kept before it’s due to be replaced? What is the average lifespan of IT systems in a said product category? Is it time for our institution to change its systems? How many systems does an institution change per year? You guessed it, this post will talk about implementation numbers ... Average Lifespan of IT Systems in Higher Education Read More
Turnitin Acquiring Ouriginal: what’s left on the market
Seven months after Urkund bought PlagScan to form Ouriginal, Turnitin is clear on its position: this new competition has to be part of the Turnitin family. Let’s see what the biggest plagiarism company to exist will look like. Client base Because Urkund was located in Sweden and Plagscan was based out of Germany, Ouriginal was ... Turnitin Acquiring Ouriginal: what’s left on the market Read More
