Postsecondary education in America is at a crossroads. With 44 million Americans who owe $1.5 trillion in student loan debt, delinquency and defaults ruining the financial future of millions of individuals, and students on the financial hook for paying for something that might not deliver a fair return on investment, learners everywhere are starting to demand an alignment of price and value.
In his day job, as a founder of the University Ventures investment fund, Ryan Craig bets on companies with education models - coding bootcamps like Galvanize, staffing companies like Revature, and career-focused gaming...
I have the pleasure of interview Daniel Pianko. Daniel is co-founder and managing director at University Ventures. With over a decade of...
Place less emphasis on experience, standardize interview processes, and if you do make a bad hire, undo it pronto.
A Q&A with Ryan Craig, investor and author of a new book about the changing landscape for education and training credentials and the implications for traditional higher education.
This month the U.S. Education Department announced a proposal to remove a set of higher education regulations meant to punish college programs that turned out to be bad deals...
For years colleges have been mulling how to design badges that highlight the skills that make students more hireable. But these efforts have typically been missing...
The number of international students attending universities in the U.S. has hit record highs. According to The Wall Street Journal, nearly...
Kids these days take a greater interest in practical things than we give them credit for. For example, this summer my 12-year-old son Leo was at sleepaway camp in Canada. When we received his first letter home...
New technologies promise to make the classroom experience more interactive and personal, but they also raise concerns...
