All posts by Henry Kronk
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Code Burst: Former Mined Minds Apprentice Susan Graves Puts on Her CPA Hat
September 16, 2019 Henry Kronk
“From what I could tell, the Mined Minds apprentices were being paid from the for-profit, but were being counted as apprentices of the…
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Just 45% of U.S. High Schools Offer Computer Science Education, While Gender and Racial Achievement Gaps Persist
September 11, 2019 Henry Kronk
Calls to address skills gaps in the tech industry still populate media coverage. But only 45% of U.S. high schools currently offer computer…
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Community Colleges Improved STEM Persistence by 10% by Sending Text Message ‘Nudges’
September 10, 2019 Henry Kronk
Over 21 million Americans enrolled in college in the fall of 2011. Six years later, only about 12.6 million had attained a degree.…
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“I Wish I Got a Degree” Billyjack Buzzard Reflects on His Time at Mined Minds
September 09, 2019 Henry Kronk
“In the beginning, I really believed in this company, and really thought it was going somewhere. But in the end, I saw their…
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Chegg Announces $80 Million Cash Deal to Acquire Thinkful, an Online Coding Bootcamp Provider
September 04, 2019 Henry Kronk
Chegg announced on September 4 that it had signed a deal to acquire Thinkful, an online coding bootcamp provider, for $80 million in…
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Do Webinars Work?
September 04, 2019 Henry Kronk
Webinars might be the most flexible and diverse form of online learning available today. They can serve as a technical how-to, a marketing…
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ISA Marketplace Platform edly Secures Seed Funding
September 03, 2019 Henry Kronk
The New York startup edly, which provides a marketplace for income share agreements (ISAs), announced on September 3 that it had secured seed…
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Sandy Hook Promise Launches New Online Course with Disney to Fight Social Isolation at School
September 03, 2019 Henry Kronk
After a summer that saw a high volume of mass-shootings, school is back in session. While many stakeholders are on edge and working…
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BitDegree Launches Blockchain Scholarship Platform to Fund Learners
September 03, 2019 Henry Kronk
BitDegree, an online coding school based in Kaunas, Lithuania, is betting that there’s an appetite for more transparency in online learning scholarships. The…
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Do Online University Rankings Correlate with Size?
September 01, 2019 Henry Kronk
University rankings from sites like U.S. News and World Report and others carry heavy influence with students deciding which college to attend. While…
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