Colleges Partner with Training Boot Camps and Online Course Providers for Federal Experiment
Danielle Douglas-Gabriel | August 16, 2016
Short-term courses, such as coding boot camps, have become a popular model for acquiring skills and credentials without spending years in school, yet they’ve only been available to people who can afford thousands of dollars for six-week classes. The objective of the experiment, dubbed the Educational Quality through Innovative Partnerships, is to provide people with modest means access to innovative education and to ensure that they receive quality training.
[Click to Enlarge] Source: http://www2.deloitte.com/us/en/pages/manufacturing/articles/boiling-point-the-skills-gap-in-us-manufacturing.html |
Source: http://www.wsj.com/articles/obama-administration-to-fund-nontraditional-training-for-students-1471341782 |
<more at https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2016/08/16/colleges-partner-with-training-bootcamps-and-online-course-providers-for-federal-experiment/?wpisrc=nl_sb_smartbrief; related articles and links: http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/curriculum/2016/08/half_of_high_school_seniors_lack_access_computer_science.html?_ga=1.83398928.74101004.1471458434 [free registration required] (Half of High School Seniors Lack Access to Computer Science. August 16, 2016) and http://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/fact-sheet-ed-launches-initiative-low-income-students-access-new-generation-higher-education-providers (FACT SHEET: ED Launches Initiative for Low-Income Students to Access New Generation Of Higher Education Providers. August 16, 2016)>
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