Kiran Pingali, CEO of TELK Group hosts Gary Brode of Deep Knowledge Investing to talk about how Coursera ($COUR), 2U ($TWOU), and other online education platforms are remaking the expensive on-campus education model.
Yet again, universities overcharge students for low-value degrees
Great article in today’s WSJ highlighting USC’s tactic of heavily marketing a $115,000 online degree with low post-graduate salaries. 1) One reason we favor $COUR is they are driving costs down for students including online degree students. 2) Students should start to consider return on investment before entering a program. Cost, degree, school, and salary … Read more
Cybersecurity Hot Topics
Earlier this month, Barron’s published an article titled “How Insurers Play a Big Role in Spurring Cybercrime” explaining that “organizations with cyberinsurance are more than twice as likely to pay ransoms as those without”. Today, the Wall Street Journal published a piece titled “Ransomware Gang Masquerades as Real Company to Recruit Tech Talent” detailing how … Read more
Deep Knowledge Investing Interviewed on Class Futures Podcast
I’d like to thank Jonathan Lloyd for having me on his podcast to discuss online education. Great conversation about Coursera, 2U, and the future of educational opportunities. Please feel free to check it out here: https://lnkd.in/gicGApWB #education#podcast#onlineeducation#onlineeducationplatform $COUR $TWOU
The Depth Report – Online Education – The Institutional Problem
Robert Scott, the President Emeritus of Adelphi University published an article linking to our work where he claimed that tuition costs, poor return on investment, and student debt are not valid concerns for students considering online vs on-campus study. This is a topic that deserves national discussion and debate. In an extensively researched piece, we … Read more
Finding the Next Amazon in Ed Tech
Higher education in the U.S. is in crisis. The average American college student leaves university with burdensome debt loads and much doubt about securing a successful career. Gary Brode, founder of Deep Knowledge Investing, returns to Real Vision to argue that the solution to this problem is online education. Brode tells Real Vision’s Jack Farley … Read more