University Ventures Fund

LAST-MILE TRAINING

Investing in innovative last-mile training models that connect education to employment and create pathways to great jobs in growing sectors of the economy.

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Student Debt Bubble?

Student loan debt in the U.S. now exceeds credit card debt. On CNBC, University Ventures Co-Founder Daniel Pianko explains why the federal government may be forced to write off over $500 billion in student loans, and suggests innovative student financing strategies that have the potential—for the first time—to align the interests of institutions with students.

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The Great Unbundling

In College Disrupted: The Great Unbundling of Higher Education, University Ventures Co-Founder Ryan Craig explains how the shift toward competency-based learning and hiring is creating faster, lower cost pathways from education to employment, and empowering employers to shift away from pedigree- and degree-based hiring.

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EMPLOYMENT FOCUS

One of the main challenges in defining quality in education is that there are so many bottom lines, there’s effectively no bottom line. In higher education, getting a good first job needs to be core to the definition of quality. It’s incredibly clarifying and solves many of the problems facing the system.

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Faster + Cheaper Pathways to Good Jobs

In A New U: Faster + Cheaper Alternatives to College, UV Co-Founder Ryan Craig describes the emerging landscape of new pathways to good digital jobs that will fundamentally transform higher education.

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LAST-MILE TRAINING

Student Debt Bubble?

The Great Unbundling

EMPLOYMENT FOCUS

Faster + Cheaper Pathways to Good Jobs