Marketplace for College Courses Raises $11.92m as the Popularity of 'Course Sharing' Grows Among Learners and Institutions
24 May 2024
Acadeum, creator of the largest course-sharing platform used by more than 460 U.S. colleges, including the Texas A&M University System, Benedict College, University of Central Missouri, and Community College of Baltimore County, today announced the close of its $11.92m Series B funding round. The round was led by Green Street Impact Partners, the fund's first investment, along with ECMC Group's Education Impact Fund and Pearson Ventures.
San Diego-Based Flight School Launches New Financing Solution to Help Aspiring Pilots Earn Their Wings
09 June 2021
Coast Flight Training, a veteran led flight school that trains pilots for commercial aviation careers, today announced an innovative new program designed to help close the aviation skills gap by making flight training more affordable.
Companies now have a new tax incentive to pay off workers’ student loans
05 February 2021
The student debt crisis has hit a new milestone — soaring to $1.7 trillion in outstanding loans at the end of last year. As more than 44 million Americans grapple with this burden, the disparity in the amount of that debt held by Black and White borrowers is also growing.
Dallas-Based Fintech Startup Taps Two for Chief People Officer, Chief Business Development Officer
02 February 2021
Meritize, the developer of merit-based financing solutions and a technology platform that connects workers with high-impact skills training programs, ...
HolonIQ North America EdTech 100
20 December 2020
In December 2020, HolonIQ announced our first annual North America EdTech 100 — a list of the 100 most promising education technology startups in the USA and Canada.
Latest MeasureOne Private Student Loan Report Finds Pandemic-Related Forbearance
09 December 2020
MeasureOne today released its Private Student Loan Report, an industry leading research report leveraging MeasureOne's custom analytics services....
MeasureOne Announces New Partnership and Integration with TazWorks, Bringing a Modern and Transparent Approach to Education Verification Services
01 December 2020
MeasureOne, the leading consumer-permissioned academic data platform, today announced a partnership and integration with TazWorks, the leading...
Inter-Institutional Sharing of Courses Online
28 October 2020
A series of events has converged to put new impetus behind sharing courses online. The COVID-19 pandemic, rapid deployment of remote learning, growth of MOOCs and mounting financial pressure on colleges and universities have combined to open minds on this topic.
3 ways higher ed can make credit transfer work for learners
15 October 2020
Seamless, no-leakage credit transfer is often more of a pipe dream than a dream pipeline, and many institutions don’t have the plumbing figured out.
Vault Offers Student Loan Benefits to Essential Employees
12 August 2020
Vault.co, an Austin-based startup and a leader in the student loan benefits technology space announced the launch of the Essential Employees...
Vault Adds Scott David as First Executive Chairman
07 July 2020
Vault.co, an Austin-based startup and a leader in the student loan benefits technology space announced the appointment of Scott B. David as Chairman...
President Speaks: Course-sharing can help small colleges weather the pandemic
02 July 2020
Officials at one institution explain why they are expanding work with a consortium to offer online classes to more students.
Colorado State University Global Joins Consortium for Sharing Online Courses
17 June 2020
Colorado State University's online campus, CSU Global, has joined the Higher Education Course Recovery Consortium, a network of institutions that are sharing high-quality online courses to help connect students with the courses they need during the COVID-19 pandemic. The consortium, powered by Acadeum, now comprises 26 accredited universities and boasts a repository of more than 9,000 courses.
Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic, Private Student Lenders Provide Support for Customers and Communities
16 June 2020
MeasureOne today released its Private Student Loan Report, an industry leading research report leveraging MeasureOne's custom analytics services....
The Time of Adversity Calls for a New Approach to Meeting Demand in Online Education
06 April 2020
Higher education faces adversity as thousands of institutions shut their physical campuses and move students online—not a mismatch between supply and demand, but a mismatch between supply and student access.
Need online courses? New university consortium has 1 million openings
05 April 2020
Acadeum, a company that brokers enrollments in online courses for university students who can’t get into the classes they need at their own institutions, announced this week it’s assembled a coalition of 19 universities that are offering the remote-learning capabilities now suddenly in demand at universities around the country.
Acadeum Launces Course Recovery Consortium
01 April 2020
The National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I Council has voted to allow student athletes in all sports to participate in voluntary athletics activities beginning June 1. The NCAA on May 20 had said Division I football and basketball student athletes could begin participating in on-campus voluntary athletics activities next month.
The Downsides to Closing Schools and Colleges in a Crisis
12 March 2020
Coronavirus spreads quickly. But perhaps not as quickly as panic. And as schools and college campuses shutter in response to (or ahead of) COVID-19’s spread, some observers wonder which ailment, exactly, they’re reacting to.
Obama Labor Department Official Joins Finance Startup Working to Close Skills Gaps
11 March 2020
Meritize, the developer of merit-based financing and career solutions, today announced that Seth Harris, former Acting U.S. Secretary of Labor and...
Online Course Marketplace for Colleges Raises $7M
27 February 2020
Acadeum, developer of the popular Academic Sharing Platform™, which now supports a network of more than 200 colleges and universities to share online courses, today announced a $7 million Series A investment led by the Lumina Foundation and along with Rethink Education, LearnStart and Socratic Ventures.
New Search Engine for Upskilling Connects Texas Residents with Training for In-Demand Careers
13 February 2020
Meritize, a pioneer developer of funding solutions for skills-based education and workforce development, today announced the launch of a new platform ...
CUNY's Move on Corporate Tuition Benefits
17 February 2020
City University of New York joins ASU spin-off InStride in effort to tap into growing online degree market for companies that offer college tuition benefits to employees.
Vault Partners with Concordia Plan Services to Offer Student Loan Advisory Benefit
24 September 2019
Vault, a leading provider of student loan repayment benefits, today announced that Concordia Plan Services, the organization that provides health,...
Student Lending Platform Meritize Secures $6.8M Seed Funding Round
21 February 2018
Student Lending Platform Meritize Secures $6.8M Seed Funding Round The Company Uses a Proprietary Merit-Based Lending Model to Fund Skills-Based Education FRISCO, TX, February 21, 2018 – Meritize, an educational lender that uses an individual’s academic data to enhance credit evaluation and expand funding for career-based education, has closed…
New York Life Announces New Employee Benefit to Ease the Burden of Student Loans
03 October 2017
Recognizing the stress and financial burden that student debt can create, New York Life has launched a student loan repayment program offering up to $10,200 over five years for eligible employees*, as well as student loan advice and online planning tools. Through the new benefit, employees who have taken out student loans for themselves will receive assistance to accelerate their student loan repayment plans. If they have taken a loan out for their child, they will receive counseling and advice to help guide them through the repayment process.
Student Loan Genius adds Fintech Veteran, Matt Beecher, as New CEO
15 August 2017
Student Loan Genius, inventor of America’s first student loan management platform for employees, announced Matt Beecher, fintech industry and venture capital veteran, as its new CEO.
Beecher joins as the company crosses $300 million in student loan debt help offered, increasing its reach by 200% by December 2017. The company’s first of its kind solution provides student loan counseling and contributions that help borrowers who work for companies like Pinterest and Twilio reduce payments by an average of $251 each month and shave up to 12 years off repayment.
Meritize Names Chief Financial Officer
12 June 2017
Meritize, an educational lender that leverages individual academic data to enhance credit evaluation and expand student lending, today announced the appointment of Phillip Stegner as Chief Financial Officer.
A seasoned financial services leader with broad expertise spanning consumer and corporate financial markets, credit risk management, quantitative analytics and public policy, Stegner offers a wealth of experience in his role as Meritize CFO. He has deep knowledge of financial modeling and structuring as well as expertise in credit and credit markets that will be crucial to building a solid financial strategy and infrastructure.
Meritize Names Chief Credit Officer
22 May 2017
Meritize, an educational lender that leverages individual academic data to enhance credit evaluation and expand student lending, today announced the addition of Manu Sharma as Chief Credit Officer. Sharma will be responsible for the management of credit evaluation and risk analytics for student lending at Meritize, including underwriting, loan review process and policy, and default mitigation.
Student Advising Just Got Easier; College Consortium Webinar
24 Feburary 2017
In this month's webinar, speaker Greg MacConnell shared how online (and even accelerated) courses can be the ultimate resource for advisers to meet institutional, student, and advising goals. He examined specific profiles of students who are often behind, how an online course can help them catch-up, and ways the institution can bring academic sharing into advising to improve retention, rate of progress, and revenue.
Private Student Loans Continue Healthy Performance Trends
13 December 2016
MeasureOne, a higher education data and analytics firm focused on the $1.4 trillion-dollar student loan market, today released its semiannual Private Student Loan Report showing continued strong performance among private loans originated to finance undergraduate and graduate education. According to MeasureOne data, delinquency rates declined between 9 and 15 percent for both undergraduate and graduate loans, originations increased by more than 5 percent, and charge-offs declined by 21 percent with the lowest third-quarter charge-off rate since before the financial crisis.
Research in this report reflects data as of Q3 2016 for private student loans and does not include federal student loan data. Private student loans, which are credit-based loans underwritten by lenders, make up roughly 7.5 percent – approximately $102 billion – of total student loans outstanding. The remaining 92.5 percent of the $1.4 trillion in total student loans are federal loans.
MeasureOne - Higher Education and Student Loan Analytics Firm - Provides Improved Insights into Student Loan Repayment and Risk
13 September 2016
MeasureOne specializes in data-driven insight for the higher education finance industry, and its most recent report on private student lending shows that families are effectively managing their private student loans.
"MeasureOne has built a trusted brand in the post-secondary education data and analytics market, shedding light on the second largest form of consumer credit in the U.S. Socratic Ventures is thrilled to invest in the company and to collaborate with the team to illuminate the possibilities from here," said Joshua Pierce, managing partner at Socratic Ventures.