Ryan Craig has a humble vision. He wants to disrupt higher education by promoting online degree programs that unbundle course offerings to offer a true bottom line return for the majority of students in terms of graduation, employment, and wages.
The California State University System will make electronic portfolios -- e-portfolios -- available to all its students and graduates, via a three-year agreement the system has signed with Portfolium, a cloud-based platform. The tool will help Cal State students display their academic and professional accomplishments in a digital...
Just Imagine being in a room at the The Close It Summit (the summit that brings together the best ideas from across the country to focus on new employment pathways based on skills and competencies) with Parminder Jassal (CEO and Founder of the ACT Foundation), Aaron Skonnard (President/CEO of Pluralsight), Stan Lockhart (Member, Utah State Board of Education), Ryan Craig (Managing Director of University Ventures), Manoj Govindan (Technology Discovery and Business Development Executive at Wells Fargo) and Jamai Blivin (Founder/CEO of Innovate + Educate).
Can you name 50 U.S. colleges or universities that (i) don't carry the name of a state and (ii) don't have a Division I football or basketball team? If you can, you're an elite reader of Inside Higher Ed. If not, you're probably suffering from myopia like the rest of us.
Ever since the federal government started granting loans for higher education, the money has only been available for traditional, accredited colleges and universities. On Wednesday, the Education Department unveiled a pilot program that could change all that.
CampusLogic, creator of the first student financial aid self-service platform, has announced the completion a $7.5 million Series A financing led by Continental Investors, a Chicago-based private investment company with deep experience in financial technology. The round included an investment from Great Lakes Higher Education Corporation, which services in excess of $200 billion in student loans for over 8 million borrowers.
There was a time in the not-too-distant past when prospective employees would have to mail their resumes or work samples to a hiring manager. Read our profile of NPR host A Martinez's rise to fame for proof. It was a hassle, which is why the internet has made job searches easier.
Since 2012, UNICAF has provided almost $30m in scholarships to students in sub-Saharan Africa. CEO, Nicos Nicolaou, speaks to The PIE about how the programme is increasing access to higher education through online degrees.
CampusLogic, creator of cloud-based, self-service software for financial aid offices, today announced the release of StudentForms which automates any financial aid form making it digital, mobile, and self-service. Combined with CampusLogic's automated FAFSA verification product, StudentVerification, Financial Aid Offices can now be truly paperless.
Together, the Ivy League's online learning group and the magazine are offering courses in business strategy.
The online education market got another player on Wednesday when Cornell University's online learning group, eCornell, and Fortune announced the launch of an online business education program.
