Edsurge

MARCH 25, 2021

A growing number of companies have moved beyond training their own employees or providing tuition assistance programs to send staff members to higher education. IBM runs a digital badging program , now in its seventh year, that has awarded 3.7 million credentials to date, growing at a 61 percent pace from 2019 to 2020.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 19, 2021

Now, a pilot partnership among colleges, companies and the American Council on Education aims to help people pursue both paths. The Apprenticeship Pathways project takes apprenticeships—experiences that companies design that pay people wages to learn while they work—and translates them into free college credits.

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edWeb.net

JUNE 4, 2019

It’s also looking at the potential changes, said Dr. Gabe Soumakian, CEO and Founder, Sup Du Jour Consulting Group, like what happens when a software or hardware company goes out of business. The district was one of three schools recognized nationally by ISTE for its digital badge program.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Put simply, the short-lived recession of 2020 has given way to a massive shortage of workers and skills in 2021–and placed talent strategy and human capital back at the top of corporations’ strategic agendas. And employers are competing to attract and retain employees in what is being called a “ war for talent. ”

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Without revenue the company will go away. Or the company will have to start charging for the software. Or it will raise a bunch of venture capital to support its “free” offering for a while, and then the company will get acquired and the product will go away. And “free” doesn’t last. Wedge Tailed Green Pigeon.

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