Jan 21, 2020 | Open Educational Resources
On January 10th Governor Newsom released his budget proposal. In it was a $10 million allocation for the Zero-Textbook Cost Degree program. The program was created in 2016-17 to reduce the overall cost of education for students and decrease the time it takes students...
Jan 21, 2020 | Education Technology, Entrepreneurship
Photo credit: Melissa Key/Charlotte Business JournalDavid Helene is Co-Founder and CEO of Edquity, a technology-powered platform that streamlines emergency funds disbursement to college students in need. The startup recently announced the completion of a $2.4 million...
Jan 15, 2020 | Partnerships
Angela Haydel DeBarger is a program officer in education at the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. Her portfolio focuses on Open Educational Resource (OER) Strategy. She is particularly interested in the intersection of OER and deeper learning, with the aim of...