• Carnegie Mellon Launches Learnvia To Catalyze Student Success Nationwide The nonprofit learning collaborative leverages a landmark $55 million investment from the Gates Foundation and CMU’s longstanding leadership in Learning Science and AI Share on Facebook (opens in new window) Share on X (opens in new window) Share on LinkedIn (opens in new window) Print this page Share by email Carnegie Mellon University today announced Learnvia, Inc., a new nonprofit learning collaborative dedicated to improving outcomes in high-enrollment college courses with the potential to transform the academic and career trajectories of hundreds of thousands of learners nationwide. • Developed in collaboration with the Gates Foundation, Learnvia is free to students and combines AI-enabled courseware, support for evidence-based instruction, and the power of learning research to strengthen student success and course outcomes at colleges and universities nationwide. • “For decades, Carnegie Mellon University has served as a global leader at the intersection of AI, research innovation and learning science. • With support from the Gates Foundation, Learnvia is using this expertise to develop cutting-edge, AI-enabled courseware that is designed to improve outcomes at scale and help students across the nation not just endure gateway college courses but thrive in them.” -Farnam Jahanian(opens in new window), President, Carnegie Mellon University In the United States, gateway courses derail the academic progress and degree completion for approximately 30% of learners across higher education. • One subject in particular - introductory mathematics - is the greatest barrier to student success in higher education, according to the Mathematical Association of America. • To address this challenge, Learnvia is focused on supporting success in Calculus I and plans to expand to Quantitative Reasoning, Pre-Calculus, Calculus II and Calculus III over the next three years.
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- Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) has launched Learnvia, a nonprofit learning collaborative aimed at improving student outcomes in high‑enrollment college courses. The initiative is backed by a $55 million grant from the Gates Foundation, the largest single higher‑education award the foundation has made. Learnvia will provide free, AI‑enabled courseware and evidence‑based instructional support, beginning with Calculus I and expanding over three years to additional quantitative‑reasoning courses. The program partners with 38 institutions nationwide, enabling real‑time data analysis to identify student struggles and adjust instruction, with the goal of reducing the 30 % of learners who fail gateway courses.
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