In 2008, with only $25, Adam Braun launched Pencils of Promise, a nonprofit start-up that builds elementary schools in developing countries.
Rather than saddle students with debt, MissionU charges grads 15% of their pre-tax income for three years.
Podcast interview with Sandbox on the most promising edtech ventures in higher ed
Republican-dominated Washington wants more occupational job training as an alternative to college degrees. But higher education will remain the federal government's primary job-training system, albeit one experts say could use a reboot.
CampusLogic has raised $10 million in Series B financing, led by 4.0 Partners, for its mobile platform for families managing financial aid applications.
Online proctoring company Examity is introducing a mobile authentication product that will allow test-takers to use their smartphones for identity verification. The ExamiGO platform provides various tools to facilitate student ID authentication...
If Apple couldn't invent the iPhone without a corporate board of expert members, why do private colleges and universities treat their own governing boards like dumb ATMs?
U of Maryland University College pursues a strategy of spinning off units into stand-alone companies, seeking financial gain for itself and affordable tuition rates for its students.
New initiatives focus on cognitive, cloud and data science education and training to support new collar jobs
Galvanize CEO and co-founder Jim Deters learned at a young age he was unemployable and would have to start his own companies.