By Jeff Maggioncalda, CEO, Coursera Coursera was founded in 2012 with a mission of providing universal access to world-class learning. At no time in Coursera’s history has this mission been more relevant or urgent. The world is facing unprecedented economic disruption, and the need to develop skills for a digital future is even more apparent […]
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White House Announces Creation of AI and Quantum Research Institutes
The White House today detailed the establishment of 12 new research institutes focused on AI and quantum information science. Agencies including the National Science Foundation (NSF), U.S. Department of Homeland Security, and U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) have committed to investing tens of millions of dollars in centers intended to serve as nodes for AI and quantum computing study. From a…
Introducing Live2Coursera: scaling live online teaching to reach every learner
By Shravan Goli, Chief Product Officer The pandemic has ignited an unprecedented shift in higher education. This past spring, 1.6 billion students worldwide were learning from home, and today more than a billion students are still impacted by campus closures. Colleges and universities continue to grapple with the impact of COVID-19 and what the transition […]
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Google Has a Plan To Disrupt the College Degree
schwit1 shares a report from Inc: Google recently made a huge announcement that could change the future of work and higher education: It’s launching a selection of professional courses that teach candidates how to perform in-demand jobs. These courses, which the company is calling Google Career Certificates, teach foundational skills that can help job-seekers immediately find employment. However, instead of taking…
As Colleges Move Classes Online, Families Rebel Against the Cost
“A rebellion against the high cost of a bachelor’s degree, already brewing around the nation before the coronavirus, has gathered fresh momentum as campuses have strained to operate in the pandemic,” reports the New York Times. “Who wants to pay $25,000 a year for glorified Skype?” one incoming freshman tells them: Incensed at paying face-to-face prices for education that is increasingly…
Taking Learning Online: Lessons from India for Universities around the Globe
By Raghav Gupta, Managing Director for India and APAC and Global Business Lead of Coursera for Campus The higher education landscape has shifted dramatically in the past few months because of COVID-19. As universities around the world work to develop online and blended learning models, they can learn from pioneering efforts by institutions in India. […]
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Announcing the Coursera 2020 Global Skills Index
By Jeff Maggioncalda, CEO, Coursera In a few short months, COVID-19 has profoundly reshaped our world. The economic devastation has been staggering, affecting the lives of more than 555 million workers and 200 million higher education students. As we begin to revive jobs and economies, it will be important to understand the impact of the […]
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Apple To Teach Teachers To Teach Coding For Free
theodp writes: From the Home Office in Cupertino: “Apple today announced a new set of tools to help educators teach coding to students from grade school to college. In addition to significant enhancements to the Develop in Swift and Everyone Can Code curricula, Apple is also starting a new professional learning course for Develop in Swift, available to educators at no…
Education and Coronavirus: Lessons From Emergency Remote Teaching
By Matthew Rascoff In recent months, almost every university in the world has shifted to emergency remote teaching—a kind of “first aid” for higher education in a pandemic. When the Chinese government closed all higher education institutions in early February, Duke Kunshan University (DKU) in Kunshan, China, was among the first universities to make this […]
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“Life Got In the Way”: How this University of North Texas Alum Earned Her Bachelor’s Degree Nearly Two Decades Later
Now an advisor at UNT herself, Dana Mordecai shares how earning her B.A.A.S. led to a career she loves Early in her undergraduate studies, Dana Mordecai discovered that she didn’t want to be a lawyer. That was the path her parents had set her on, and leaving it behind led to what she describes as […]
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