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TRANSFR Raises $12M to Deliver Hands-on Workforce Training Through VR

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Rajakumar founded TRANSFR in 2017 after an epiphany moment trying a VR headset at a gaming conference “and just thinking, ‘Holy cow, this is unbelievable,’” he recalled. When [students] take off the headset, they will be asked by the employer, ‘Can you show me how to use this tool or use this machine or do this process or procedure?’

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Bill to Regulate Income-Share Agreements Moves Through the California Legislature, Again

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The two-year pilot program would begin in the 2021-22 academic year, and the university systems would be required to report back about the pilot to the California Legislature in 2023 and 2026. 268 in 2017, with the aim of providing legal structure for income-share agreements.