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Financial Aid for Straighterline, Study.com, and Coding Boot Camps! - sanantone - 08-16-2016
I heard this story on NPR while driving home and had to look it up. The federal government is experimenting with offering financial aid through eight chosen colleges for non-traditional courses offered by for-profit companies. Thomas Edison State University is partnering with Study.com, University of Texas at Austin is partnering with a coding boot camp, Northeastern University is partnering with General Electric, and the Dallas County Community College System is partnering with Straighterline.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2016/08/16/colleges-partner-with-training-bootcamps-and-online-course-providers-for-federal-experiment/
Wilmington University is partnered with a coding boot camp.
Zip Code Wilmington receives national recognition - Technical.ly Delaware
Other partnerships include Colorado State University Global Campus and Guild Education, Marylhurst University and a coding boot camp, and Empire State College and a coding boot camp.
https://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/fact-sheet-ed-launches-initiative-low-income-students-access-new-generation-higher-education-providers
According to NPR, only $17 million is currently being spent on the pilot program.
Financial Aid for Straighterline, Study.com, and Coding Boot Camps! - jsd - 08-16-2016
Great find! Thanks for sharing.
Study.com is making a lot of great progress.
Financial Aid for Straighterline, Study.com, and Coding Boot Camps! - bjcheung77 - 08-16-2016
Thanks for this. I knew it was coming sooner or later as those "ACE Credit Courses" requires a "landing" institution for it to be useful.
They're smart in partnering with colleges/universities. I can see the same thing with ALEKS/Shmoop and Saylor courses in the future.
I hope there are more affordable options such as the ones mentioned, thank goodness for competition for student enrollment!
Financial Aid for Straighterline, Study.com, and Coding Boot Camps! - yb1 - 08-19-2016
so does this mean I can use a pel grant for study.com??
also does this mean study.com is about to roll out more courses? They do not seem to to have that many business admin courses
Financial Aid for Straighterline, Study.com, and Coding Boot Camps! - jsd - 08-19-2016
They have 18 business courses, that's a good chunk.
Financial Aid for Straighterline, Study.com, and Coding Boot Camps! - yb1 - 08-19-2016
JSD - yes I will be taking a few of them very shortly. Once I knock out the SL Courses. Problem is I am getting to the nitty griddy of my AOS so I would need certain courses which they seem to have a lot of management courses but not many financial or marketing.
I am on the phone with tesc. Admissions doesn't seem to know what is going on with the program nor does Financial Aid.. will send out emails shortly
Financial Aid for Straighterline, Study.com, and Coding Boot Camps! - sanantone - 08-19-2016
I don't think the program has rolled out yet. I'd have to reread the article, but your answer should be in the Department of Education link.