Dive Brief:

• The Century Foundation urges caution in funding coding bootcamps with federal dollars.
• EdSurge reports the progressive think tank has reminded the U.S. Department of Education that the for-profit sector gained access to federal financial aid money by offering innovative programs that would secure students high-paying jobs — just the role coding bootcamps are claiming now.
• TCF’s Robert Shireman suggests limiting the portion of overall revenue that can come from the feds and requiring programs to post their graduates’ project work for public assessment of quality.

Dive Insight:

Concern over for-profit education has been whipped into a frenzy by the collapse of Corinthian Colleges and continuing allegations of dishonest business practices at other major chains. Coding bootcamps are entering the higher education landscape at a time of intense scrutiny, paired with a high demand for innovation and job training. Some in the traditional for-profit world are making early investments in coding bootcamps, but some of the original founders of such academies are as wary of this investment as onlookers. Plenty of people have an eye on quality control, but only time will tell whether their oversight is enough.