Monthly report · October 2026
EdTech news in October 2026
EdTech coverage in October 2026: 3 news events, drawn from 6 outlet reports.
Few events were recorded on the desk this month: GetYourBrief's intake of reports was interrupted, so the count reflects the record, not how much news there was, and it is not compared with other months.
- news events3
- outlet reports6
- days with news4
How many events, day by day?
The week of September 28 to October 4, 2026: 1 event
A quiet week on the desk, so its events are kept here in full rather than in a week brief.
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UEM Group takes IEEE IEMCON 2026 to UC Berkeley
Machine summary UEM Group is taking IEEE IEMCON 2026 to UC Berkeley, according to the source reports. The reports state the event links Indian researchers with the global technology community.
Reported by Aninews and theuknews.com (Big News Network).
- UC Berkeley
- UEM Group
- IEEE IEMCON 2026
- IEEE
The week of October 5 to 11, 2026: 2 events
A quiet week on the desk, so its events are kept here in full rather than in a week brief.
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Tanzania education project reports student's master's acceptance
Machine summary The person said the project was registered as a 501(c)(3) called the Tanzania Education Project and now supports five students from Ibumila.
- The person said they began paying the student's boarding school fees ten years ago after a summer in Ibumila, a village in Tanzania's Njombe highlands.
- The person said the 18-month master's program costs 3,060,000 TSh, about $1,161.
- The person said the project was registered as a 501(c)(3) in 2021 and supports five students from Ibumila with school fees and healthcare.
Reported by news.ycombinator.com and tanzaniaeducationproject.org.
- Tanzania Education Project
- Ibumila
- Njombe
More events reported
No summary of ours and no outlet headline passed our automated checks for these, which says nothing about the events (how they work); the outlets and their reports are linked.
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The week of October 12 to 18, 2026: 1 event
A quiet week on the desk, so its events are kept here in full rather than in a week brief.
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Poll: 34% of students rule out colleges over state politics
Machine summary An Art & Science Group poll released Tuesday found 34% of students surveyed in summer 2026 dropped a college from consideration solely because of its home state's politics, up 10 percentage points from 2023. Including students who said politics partly or somewhat influenced their choices, the share reached about half of those polled in summer and winter 2026. Nearly three-quarters of the students who ruled out colleges on political grounds said the factor was already present when they first considered institutions.
- 34% of students surveyed in summer 2026 said they ruled out a college solely because of its home state's politics, per the Art & Science Group poll released Tuesday
- That share rose 10 percentage points over three years from the consultancy's 2023 measurement
- Counting students who said politics partly or somewhat influenced their choice, the share reached about half of all students polled in summer and winter 2026
- Among students who ruled out colleges over politics, nearly three-quarters said politics were a factor when first considering institutions and 59% said the same about deciding where to apply
- Students who leaned conservative generally dismissed schools located in California, Colorado as well as New York, whereas those with a liberal tendency generally dismissed Texas, Florida, South Carolina, Louisiana, Alabama, along with Georgia.
Reported by Higher Ed Dive.
- Higher Ed Dive
- Art & Science Group
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Week by week
Sources: the outlets' reports linked on this page; counts and times from GetYourBrief's record of those reports (methodology).