Coursera Google Software Strategy 
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MAY 13, 2021
Amidst the hype, two competing entities were formed within a few weeks of each other: One of them was Coursera, a for-profit startup backed by the biggest-name investors in Silicon Valley, who argued that they were building a billion-dollar company, a rare “unicorn,” as venture capitalists say.
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AUGUST 12, 2020
If we want to make sure community colleges can meet the rising demand, we need to not only devise new policies and funding mechanisms, but we also need to re-envision the strategies and infrastructure of community colleges so that they can play a powerful role in the economic recovery. Better state-level coordination could also help.
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JUNE 11, 2020
If we deliver some value to them in this crisis, we hope we become an essential part of their mathematics strategy and practice,” says DreamBox CEO Jessie Woolley-Wilson. Case in point: Online course provider Coursera reported more than 13 million new registered users since mid-March, a 535 percent increase from the same period last year.
Edsurge
DECEMBER 19, 2017
In the past, publishers such as Pearson and McGraw-Hill were counted on to be the exit strategy. We’ve seen significant interest from private equity, typically with a roll-up strategy where they look for platform plays and bundling opportunities,” says Reach Capital’s Gong. That may be changing. Deals of 2017.
Edsurge
MAY 7, 2018
Significantly, talent strategy has risen to the top of C-suite and board-level priority lists. From the perspective of corporate leaders, “talent strategy” can be thought of as encompassing both talent acquisition (hiring) and talent development (classically referred to as “training”).
The Hechinger Report
JULY 8, 2022
The Google campus in Mountain View, California. Businesses like Google, IBM, and Accenture have also made high-profile moves to boost skills-based hiring and remove bachelor’s degree requirements. In February, Google announced a $100 million partnership with Social Finance to help as many as 20,000 workers earn IT certificates.
Edsurge
JUNE 18, 2017
But during that same fifteen-year period, we also witnessed the birth and growth of highly influential firms like Google, Amazon, Facebook, Tencent and Alibaba. ASU Global Freshman Academy, Coursera and edX have taken the StraighterLine model—and pushed it even further.
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