Course Report

This July, the bootcamp industry heated up with a $10M fundraise, an acquisition, and a $2B rumor. Drama about OPM regulation continued, and there’s still a lot of back-and-forth about whether the Pell Grant expansion will include online programs. Skills-based hiring continues to be a top trend, including how to diversify tech teams with women technologists and formerly incarcerated individuals. We're covering the lates about successful apprenticeship programs and workforce development partnerships. Plus, find out which 9 new coding bootcamps we added to the Course Report directory in July! https://bit.ly/July-2022-Bootcamp-News

Happy Summer! Tech hiring is at an all-time high despite news of layoffs and hiring freezes. We caught wind of four workforce developments for aspiring bootcampers, and three major fundraises in the coding bootcamp sphere amounted to $395M. There was talk about next steps for OPM since the release of the GAO report, and a new lawsuit concerned with job guarantees at an online bootcamp. Plus, find out about the 9 new coding bootcamps that we added to the Course Report directory in June! https://bit.ly/June-2022-Bootcamp-News

The biggest takeaways from a U.S. Government Accountability Office report about Online Program Managers (OPMs) and a study on 2U-boot camp alumni outcomes. Find out which bootcamp raised $100M this May, and the education trends coming out of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). There are new training programs geared towards women and undergraduates, and we added 5 new bootcamps to the Course Report directory in May. https://bit.ly/May-2022-News

April saw more discussion around the merits of a coding bootcamp education over college, and if companies should fully drop the 4-year degree requirement from tech job postings. A new ISA lawsuit in California emerged and a recent survey by Arc.dev found that coding bootcamp grads earn 12% more than college grads! Plus, find out which 10 new bootcamps we added to the Course Report directory. https://bit.ly/April-2022-News

So far, 4.35 million Americans have quit their jobs this year, and many are making career changes. Find out the latest about how bootcamps are helping these folks meet their career goals, and a new apprenticeship program that caught our eye. This March, two new organizations focused on bootcamp outcomes emerged. Plus, we added 10 new bootcamps to the Course Report directory!

After months of reporting about federal funding for short-term programs, it looks like the next step has been made to open up Pell grants to training programs like bootcamps. We’re covering the debate among bootcamps about the benefits (and challenges) of publishing alumni job outcomes. Learn more about February’s largest acquisitions and fundraises, news about ageism in tech, and what employers are learning from The Great Resignation. Plus, find out which 14 new bootcamps we added to the Course Report directory this month! https://www.coursereport.com/blog/february-2022-coding-bootcamp-news

2022 started with a $525M acquisition of a bootcamp-adjacent company and a $10M grant from Melinda French Gates. Bootcamps continued to receive stamps of approval from government and workforce development organizations, and a major indication from the Department of Labor about registered apprenticeships. Plus, find out which 7 new bootcamps we added to the Course Report directory! https://www.coursereport.com/blog/january-2022-coding-bootcamp-news

Should you use the GI Bill or VET TEC or VRRAP for a Coding Bootcamp? Maggi from Operation Code and Alicia from Code Platoon join to explain the pros and cons of each program! https://www.coursereport.com/blog/gi-bill-vs-vet-tec-vs-vrrap-for-coding-bootcamps

2021 was another rollercoaster of a year for coding bootcamps! From $1B in fundraises to ISA regulation to helping workers reskill – we're rounding up all of the biggest coding bootcamp news that happened in 2021. Plus, predictions for 2022 from Gautam from Springboard, Maggi from Operation Code, Jason from BrainStation, and Dan from CIRR & Launch Academy as well as our own!

This month, we saw coding bootcamps rebranding, achieving graduate success milestones, and helping people reskill during the Great Resignation. There was buzz on the real value of a coding bootcamp, plus an honest take from Silicon Valley tech recruiters about if bootcamp graduates are welcomed as new hires in that space (spoiler alert: they are!). Learn more about how coding bootcamps are helping women veterans and Indigenous people get into tech careers. Plus, find out which 8 new bootcamps we added to the Course Report directory this month!

Amidst “The Great Resignation,” 13% of workers say they want to land a new job in tech – we’re covering the latest on what it means to make a career change in October. A few coding bootcamps saw major fundraises over $100M(!), and in the news, we saw that the current administration continues to support apprenticeships. There was more talk about what it would take to extend Pell Grants to short-term programs, and how women are faring after the “she-session” of 2020. Plus, find out which 14 new bootcamps we added to the Course Report directory this month!

Happy Fall! With the kick-off of a new academic year, we saw more buzz about the value of attending college versus a coding bootcamp as major industries drop the college degree requirement. In this episode, we're covering transparency reports from OPEs, ISA regulation, new ideas about how to diversify the tech pipeline, and the latest on workforce development.Plus, find out which 5 new bootcamps we added to the Course Report directory this month!

Liam was able to attend a bootcamp with a loan (and living stipend) from Ascent Funding (previously SkillsFund). Was it worth it? Was he able to pay back the loan? Find out in this episode!

August was buzzing with news about the benefits of credentialing for alternative, skills-based learning. We’re sharing the latest on the Apprenticeship to College Act in Congress, and regional workforce development programs, plus a $25M fundraise, an acquisition, two pivots in the bootcamp world, and one closure of a long-standing data science program. Find out which 11 new bootcamps we added to the Course Report directory this August!

This July, we’re reporting on one huge ($850M!) bootcamp acquisition and $35 million in bootcamp fundraises. Higher ed experts debate expanding federal funding to short-term programs like bootcamps. We’re covering what bootcamps need to do beyond just teaching students to code, and we’ll share a bunch of partnerships that are giving validity to the bootcamp model in July. Plus, we added 8 new bootcamps to the Course Report directory this month!

Tech hiring is booming, but there’s an apparent shortage of tech workers. We’re diving into all the news we read this month about hiring, reskilling, upskilling, and diversifying the tech pipeline through programs like coding bootcamps and employer-side training. We're covering Indiana's new Income Share Agreement (ISA) legislation by speaking with Eleven Fifty Academy’s Founder & CEO Scott Jones. Plus, find out which 12 new bootcamps we added to the Course Report directory this month! https://bit.ly/Coding-Bootcamp-News-June-2021

As the world reopens, we’re happy to relay news that tech hiring is on the rise, which means plenty of job opportunities for bootcamp graduates! This episode, we’re talking about reports that companies are partnering with coding bootcamps to reskill their internal workforce, and what this could mean for the future of education. Plus, the latest on Lambda School's lawsuit, and what has (and hasn’t) changed when it comes to diversifying the tech pipeline. http://bit.ly/May-Coding-Bootcamp-News

In this episode, we dive into how President Biden’s $2 trillion infrastructure plan could play a major role in workforce development training to fill those vacancies and how coding bootcamps may fit into that plan. Plus, April's largest fundraises in the coding bootcamp space, all of the newest diversity in tech initiatives, and the 10 new coding bootcamps we added to the Course Report directory!

March is Women's History Month, so we're sharing media coverage we heard about the women-in-tech initiatives and scholarships at coding bootcamps. March also marks one year since the pandemic began in the U.S. — find out the latest about workforce development initiatives. Plus, we're covering the big SNHU bootcamp acquisition and the 21 new bootcamps we added to the Course Report directory this month! bit.ly/Coding-Bootcamp-News-April-2021

This February, coding bootcamps announced $42M in fundraising – and another $110M more if you include money injected into the ISA (Income Share Agreement) industry. As the U.S. continues the attempt to get people back to work, we saw lots of encouraging news about new workforce development programs. And with the rise in university-bootcamp partnerships these days, we’re diving into the pros and cons of this kind of business relationship for universities and bootcamps alike. Plus, we introduce you to the 11 new bootcamps we added to the Course Report directory in February 2021! http://bit.ly/february-2021-bootcamp-podcast