- MyEdu
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MyEdu Corporation 
Type Private Founder Michael Crosno
Chris Chilek
John CunninghamHeadquarters Austin, Texas Area served United States Industry Education Website www.myedu.com Type of site SaaS - Software as a service
DaaS - Data as a serviceRegistration Required Launched Spring 2008 Current status Active MyEdu is a private company founded in 2008 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, United States. MyEdu works by collecting data from college students, as well as official academic data from universities, to identify patterns that lead to unexpected costs.[1] MyEdu also provides interactive web applications to aid those seeking a college degree[2], including services that focus on college decision making, such as degree planning & requirements, class schedules, courses, and professors. These services concentrate on helping students organize their academics. In fact myedu.com allows students to pick the teachers who give the highest grades[3][4]
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History
MyEdu was founded in 2008 by Michael Crosno, Chris Chilek and John Cunningham. The company, formerly known as Pick-A-Prof, officially changed its name to MyEdu in the summer of 2009.[5]
Spam
MyEdu is reported by academic institutions to have scraped college websites for student e-mail addresses. The company than proceeds to send unsolicited mail to these students and creates accounts for them on the MyEdu site without permission.[6][7][8]
See also
- HeyCampus.com – Rate My Course
- RateMyTeachers – ratings for high school teachers
- Rate Your Students – a blog created as a reaction to RateMyProfessors
- Schedulizer – course schedule
- MyFaveTeacher.com – Indian Colleges
References
- ^ "Web Tool Aims to Ease College Course Planning". The State News. http://www.statenews.com/index.php/article/2010/01/web_tool_aims_to_ease_college_course_planning. Retrieved 2010-07-19.
- ^ "MyEdu Services". Techcrunch. http://techcrunch.com/2010/03/11/myedu-will-be-your-curriculum-guide-and-virtual-college-advisor-rolled-into-one/. Retrieved 2010-08-18.
- ^ "MyEdu Expands Options". The Oklahoma Daily. http://oudaily.com/news/2009/nov/06/online-service-pick--prof-becomes-myedu-expands-op. Retrieved 2010-07-19.
- ^ "MyEdu Helps Students Organize Academics". The Marquette Tribune. http://marquettetribune.org/2009/09/29/news/myedu-online-planner-helps-students-organize-academics. Retrieved 2010-07-19.
- ^ "MyEdu Corporation". Bloomberg Businessweek. http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=29017544. Retrieved 2010-07-26.
- ^ "MyEdu - CrunchBase Profile". CrunchBase. http://www.crunchbase.com/company/myedu. Retrieved 2011-11-12.
- ^ "myEdu – NOT a Missouri State Service". http://helpdesk.missouristate.edu/uncategorized/myedu-not-a-missouri-state-service. Retrieved 2011-11-12.
- ^ "Educause Security Discussion: Re: myedu.com abuse". http://seclists.org/educause/2011/q3/123. Retrieved 2011-11-12.
External links
Categories:- Internet companies of the United States
- Websites
- Student culture
- Companies based in Austin, Texas
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