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Coding bootcamps were supposed to be the next big thing in higher education, promising a compressed, career-focused alternative to traditional graduate school. In the past five years, startups offering these programs have raised millions in investment and won praise from policymakers as an innovative way to prepare (or retrain) workers for the jobs of the digital future. 
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Ever-increasing numbers of universities and colleges are teaming up with boot camps to deliver tech training. Does your campus need one too?
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Far from being a threat, bootcamps have been highly effective in helping higher education leaders understand that there are alternative and valid ways for students to get their education.
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At this point, we have all heard about coding bootcamps and their ability to successfully develop and build job-ready talent. This is proving to be an invaluable resource for US employers who are looking for strong candidates to fill the millions of job openings that have gone unfilled due to [...]
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In the last six years the number of students graduating from coding bootcamps has reportedly increased 11-fold, to an estimated 23,043 in 2019
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Can we imagine a world where postsecondary providers simultaneously impart the most important technical, cognitive and non-cognitive capabilities sought by employers for entry-level positions across a wide range of professions? The answer is yes for both higher education institutions as well as bootcamps.
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How much value do alternative credentials truly have for students? Are bootcamps truly on an even competitive playing field with traditional higher education institutions? According to Richard Garrett, we’re not there yet but, in the long term it’s not totally out of the question. In this interview, Garrett sheds some light on the trouble with determining demand for this space and reflects on the potential alternative credentials and bootcamps have in the competitive and innovation-starved higher education space.
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