Dive Brief:
- Knod, a college-to-career focused educational company, will offer low-cost bachelor’s degrees in business or business management leadership following a $3.5 million funding round.
- EdSurge reports that Knod’s blended learning programs provide project-based learning opportunities to ensure graduates are job-ready at graduation, closing the “education-to-employment gap.”
- Knod’s first program was in Malaysia, and the company now offers degrees in the United States in partnership with New Charter University for less than $13,000.
Dive Insight:
Knod launched with the goal of transforming the global employment landscape by working with employers from the beginning of course development and shaping degree programs to provide students with the exact skills they need to be successful in specific fields. The for-profit college industry is often criticized for marketing expensive programs to students and then leaving them with junk degrees they can’t use to get jobs. It seems as though Knod programs differ on both counts.
