by Betsy Corcoran, EdSurge
On helping students who currently are not served by colleges: “In California, we have 470,000 students waitlisted to get into community colleges. They’re willing and eager to pay for education. But they can’t get in.” Udacity aims to help support students who are not yet in college, who have to make up work to quality for college and who want to continue learning once they leave college. On Udacity’s program with San Jose State University: Although the program with San Jose State is a pilot for only 300 students, it’s “all set up to scale.” Udacity is offering classes such as remedial math and statistics; students get credits that they can take into the UC university system. The programs cost the university 10% of the cost of a traditional program. Udacity is currently not making a profit on the program, Thrun conceded.
https://www.edsurge.com/n/2013-04-02-udacity-s-sebastian-thrun-on-the-future-of-education
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