A new breed of for-profit coding schools has emerged in recent years, largely as a skills-focused alternative to traditional higher education. Now one of them has joined forces with a traditional university to build a master's program.
In the early '90s, I could tell what someone thought about the Internet's prospects for transforming higher education by listening to their vocabulary. If they used terms like "distance learning" or "distance education," they'd probably been working in continuing education for some time and saw the Internet as simply the latest in a line of technologies - beginning with correspondence courses, and including the latest two-way video systems - to expand the reach of...
There are seemingly no problems that tech entrepreneurs won't try to solve. From health care to entertainment to education, founders often decide that there's got to be an app (or site or cloud-based platform) to shake things up. In the case of the companies listed here, the founders were right. Each one is changing the market it has...
The 'unbundling' of higher education will allow students to earn new kinds of educational credentials
Good news for Seattle entrepreneurs: Galvanize is opening up a huge new space in Pioneer Square.
The Denver-based company's hybrid model combines tech office space with a programming school, access to investors and mentorship. Galvanize has leased the entire five-story, 71,000 square-foot building at 111 S. Jackson St., and is moving in this May.
If terms like MOOCs, nanodegrees and digital badges befuddle you, you're not alone. As tech improves and tuition soars, higher education is transforming big time.
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.
