Financial Aid for Straighterline, Study.com, and Coding Boot Camps!

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 has 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.