‘Why a Co-operative University Now?’

Mike Neary, who is [spearheading the effort to establish a federated cooperative university in the UK](https://www.co-op.ac.uk/blog/why-a-co-operative-university-now): > The idea to set up a Co-operative University in the UK goes back to the late 19th century, but it...

‘Canvas Parent Company to Go Private’

Speaking of private equity. [*Inside Higher Ed*](https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2019/12/05/canvas-parent-company-go-private): > Instructure, the publicly traded company behind the learning management system Canvas, is going private. The company announced a...

$1.14 Billion Sell-Out of the .org Domain

Kieren McCarthy, [writing for *The Register*](https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/12/03/internet_society_org/), on the Internet Society's (ISOC) sale of the .org domain-name registry to a private equity firm: > ISOC is supposed to act in the interests of the internet...

‘Publishers Announce a Major New Service to Plug Leakage’

Ithaka S+R's Roger Schonfeld, in a [Scholary Kitchen post](https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2019/12/03/publishers-announce-plug-leakage/) on the publishing oligopolists' new ["GetFTR"](https://getfulltextresearch.com) initiative: > Backed by the American Chemical...