Business-Backed Initiatives to Reduce the Digital Divide in Education. Suppose two students are on the first day of school. A person sitting in his or her suburban home now linked to a high-speed Wi-Fi network, turns on a new laptop and attends a live, interactive video lesson. Another character in a village spends his time … Read more
The Role of EdTech Businesses in U.S Education. Imagine a student in a high school in rural Montana playing with advanced physics in a virtual reality lab that her school could never afford to have. Imagine a teacher in Detroit quickly identifying the students with problems with the fractions, supported by AI-oled dashboard that will … Read more
How American Companies Benefit from Educated Workers. Imagine a first-day intern at a technology startup, who does not start her first day with the trepidation that so often felt by graduates, but with confidence that she is ready. She is also familiar with the project management software of the company since she has used it … Read more
Business Investment in Vocational and Technical Training. Imagine the case of a high school student in Ohio learning how to operate a CNC machine not in the textbooks, but by being under the tutelage of a master technician in a nearby factory. Imagine a young adult who can complete a certified IT program at a … Read more
The Economics of Education in the United States. Stroll into any American classroom nowadays and you have a remarkable spectacle: you have children using computers provided by technology companies, studying programs designed through cooperation with industry, preparing themselves to take up careers that will drive the economic future of our country. It is no mere … Read more
How Corporations Influence Education Policy in America. Walk into an American classroom today and you can see kids using laptops provided by Google, learning about engineering concepts designed in partnership with Boeing, or participating in a coding workshop paid by Microsoft. These activities are not only an act of corporate philanthropy, but also a significant … Read more
Why U.S Businesses Support STEM Education. Imagine a high school student in rural Iowa using a robot in the first instance ever in a workshop that sponsored by an engineering company. Imagine the excited faces of the fifth graders in Detroit on the verge of performing their chemical experiment through science laboratory that had recently … Read more
Business-Education Collaborations for Workforce Readiness. Imagine a high school student in Cleveland creating a real world engineering project and mentored by the engineers of a local manufacturing company. Imagine an Arizona community college where the curriculum designed in conjunction with technology employers so that the graduates have job interviews. Think of a skilled employee in … Read more
The Impact of Business Funding on U.S Universities. Visit the campus of any leading American institution nowadays and you will see the visible signs of a profound change. One of the technologies conglomerates is named after a science facility. Corporate sponsorship is proclaimed by scholarship. Students scramble to internships in local firms which still have … Read more
Public-Private Partnerships in American Education. You can imagine a high school student in Detroit learning how to code together with a Ford Motor Company engineer. Consider an example of a rural classroom in Nebraska where the children are doing virtual experiments in science with the help of technology which is provided by a software company. … Read more
