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Guest: Fadl Al Tarzi, Founder & CEO @ Nexford University

• Online University Nexford will use $8M to plug affordability and relevance gaps in education

Topics This Week:

1. Ads in Education
   • The next chapter for Learning on YouTube
   • Roblox jumping into ads in effort to diversify beyond virtual goods
2. SPACS & Aging Unicorns
   • London Looks to Un-Meme the SPAC Market 
   • A Sober Look at SPACs
3. College Chaos
   • Malignant by Scott Galloway
   • College Student Transfers Declined By Nearly 300,000 During Pandemic
   • Oberlin Says It Will Pay $36.59 Million to a Local Bakery
   • The Post-Pandemic College Campus as a Design Challenge
   • France hits 400,000 international student mark after record growth
   • Stanford Law to offer 'income share' financing as law school costs soar
4. Religion & Education
   • In Hasidic Enclaves, Failing Yeshivas Flush With Public Money
   • Yeshiva University doesn't have to recognize LGBTQ student group for now, Sotomayor rules
5. Funding + M&A
   • 3 in 10 Education Companies Secured VC or Made Acquisitions Over the Last Year
   • Virtual Internships raises $14.3M
   • uDocz raises $2M 
   • Hone raises $30M
   • Tract raises $7M
   • Docquity raises $44M
   • Edupia raises $14M
   • Code First Girls raises £4.5M
   • Citizens Financial Group acquires College Raptor
   • Lepaya acquires vCOACH
   • Orenda Education Merges with Think Together

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