Combining a flair for numbers with a grasp of the bigger picture, venture capitalist and educational entrepreneur Craig spells out the threats facing higher education in America, among them crises of affordability and governance, "the effects of technological disruption and...
Ryan Craig, Managing Director of University Ventures, joins Michael Waxman-Lenz, CEO and co-founder of Intead, in a discussion about the key insights of his forthcoming book "College Disrupted: The Great Unbundling of Higher Education". Listeners will enjoy his perspective on the future of higher education in America.
Corporations, schools and universities are pouring high tech dollars into mobile campuses and digital curriculum. These organizations are working hard towards the goals of making education affordable, accessible, and effective. As they experiment, they refine and iterate. What's working and what's not may just surprise you.
The UpTake: Norm Allgood went from an idea no one wanted to garnering plenty of financial backing to help educational institutions fill unused space.
In his State of the Union address, President Obama proposed making community college tuition free for two years to boost college graduation rates and lift more people into the middle...
Last month, New Oriental Education, China's largest provider of private educational services, and Tencent, the leading texting provider in China with nearly 500 million users on its WeChat app, agreed to launch an integrated, chat-centric education service. The question every university should be asking...
Norm Allgood, a U.S. Army veteran, started his
company after executives at his previous employer
ignored his idea.
Norm Allgood was working for an education company in Indianapolis when he got an idea, but the
powers that be wouldn't pay any attention to it. So he quit and started his own company.
Google wants technology companies to become more diverse. Now, through its Google for Entrepreneurs division, the company plans to lower the cost of data science education for people from groups that are traditionally underrepresented in the industry.
Galvanize Inc., a venture-backed company that runs software-development education programs, has acquired Zipfian Academy, a data-science boot camp in San Francisco, according to Galvanize's chief executive.
Investors discuss why some ed tech innovations succeed, why some fail, and what the market should expect in the near future
