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Our mission is to ensure that an affordable, quality college education is available to all. We're building the world's most affordable, accredited universities.

San Francisco, CA
Joined March 2012
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From @WIRED: Flipping the classroom makes for a more effective learning experience goo.gl/mOGLiN
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Staying in college is often a challenge for low-income students. Alternative #highered models can help #grad rate goo.gl/LWKvqR
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Is #college a ludicrous waste of money? No, a college degree still produces higher economic return via @BrookingsInst goo.gl/c9kABQ
Young Americans with some form of higher education are more likely to get higher-paying jobs. #CollegeOpportunity
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RT to share how President Obama's fighting to make college more affordable: go.wh.gov/UZwcW6
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.@Forbes discusses the value of a #college degree and why it is the new #highschool diploma. goo.gl/4Z3iUI #highered
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The Quiet Movement That Could End Higher Education as We Know it (hint: includes @uNow's model) buswk.co/1vxA78V via @rwmichelle, @BW
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According to new #MIT study, #onlinelearning is just as effective as traditional #education via @BostInno goo.gl/DFBmtP
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.@usnews's new report, #College of Tomorrow: How #highered adapts as students, technology & the economy change goo.gl/XXLvZw
Is a #college degree still worth it? What do you think? Join the discussion at @usnews' debate club. goo.gl/J1vpQ0 #highered
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All students deserve to succeed! We just announced $82m in grants to help low-income students pursue #highered! 1.usa.gov/1rilCWZ
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.@SciAm: The role of #tech in #education – #adaptivelearning tech, like @PattenU’s, continues to evolve learning exp. goo.gl/DEPXB7
RT @PattenU: Congrats to Kris King, our first online graduate! We celebrated with a ceremony in Seattle on Saturday. goo.gl/r7LFcu
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6.9 million Americans 50 and older had student debt in 2012, up from 3 million in 2005. on.wsj.com/1qKwcFW
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#competencybased education is not the "New MOOC." #CBE is not new & it's here to stay, according to @ACEducation goo.gl/WDFMXS
.@LATimes: More employers now demand bachelor's #degrees from applicants, according to @Burning_Glass study goo.gl/lnI7mt #highered
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Over the past 40 years, people with college degrees earned 56 percent more than people with high school diplomas: buswk.co/1ptsJ9s
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A college degree pays for itself—& in less time than it used to, writes @MaxNisen urbn.is/1CnordO More: urbn.is/1hyfo24
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#College presidents predict 4 new models for #highered. Find out more at @ecampusnews goo.gl/xj36sa