I wrote a blog about a year ago that the next hot spot for ed tech frenzy would be the school to job nexus. It only made sense: college is ridiculously expensive, students are graduating into the softest "recovery" in American history, the perceived value of the degree has fallen, and...
The Lumina Foundation leads and supports American efforts to boost degree completion from about 40% to 60% by 2025. Launched in 2000, the Indianapolis-based foundation is focused on quality degrees as well as recognized job credentials.
A recent survey from Kaplan and Money Magazine revealed that only 21 percent of parents feel the cost of college is justified. This treads on the heels of similar discouraging news: last year's Gallup-Purdue survey revealed that only half of 30,000 college alumni strongly agreed their higher-education investment was a good one (and only...
More than 50,000 students and over 100,000 alumni at GSU will rely on Portfolium.com as a new talent currency for proving their skills seizing career opportunities
Revature, the leading next-gen IT training and staffing firm, today, announced the appointment of Joseph Mitchell as the company's Senior Vice President of University Partnerships. Former Executive Director of...
The time is right for LinkedIn to get serious about Higher Education.
The Markle Foundation, LinkedIn and the state of Colorado team up on a jobs site that seeks to create a common, skills-based language among job seekers, employers and education providers.
A Chicago University is reaching out to underserved students with an affordable new program powered by adaptive technology.
Credly, a New York edtech company that manages digital credentials for learned skills, said today it raised $2.5 million in a seed financing round led by venture firms University Ventures and New Markets Venture Partners.
SXSW turns 30 years young this year. What started out as a small, Austin-weird music festival has grown into a mainstream cultural force that celebrates film, interactive software, the environment, and...
