Noodle Partners completed the acquisition of HotChalk, an online education program manager. Financial terms were not disclosed. "Noodle is growing quickly. What is most important to us as we achieve scale is that we are extremely thoughtful about who joins our ranks. HotChalk had been on our radar for years as a competitor. This represents a crucial step for our growth not just as a network, but as the most trusted source of expertise in all of online higher education," Meredith Ruble, Noodle CFO.