April 2023 Coding Bootcamp News

Table of Contents

• $8M IN BOOTCAMP FUNDRAISES
• THE LATEST ON PELL GRANTS + OPMs
• LOWERING THE BARRIERS TO TECH CAREERS
• WHAT’S NEXT IN TECH IN 2023: AI + MIAMI
• DIVERSIFYING TECH TALENT
• NEW CODING BOOTCAMPS
• OUR FAVORITE PIECES ON THE BLOG

Happy Spring! ChatGPT was the buzzword of April, so we’ve got news on how AI is already being included in coding bootcamp curriculums. This April, we saw a tech training provider close an $8M funding round, and there was more good news about state- and federally-funded training that is removing barriers to technical careers. 2U brought a lawsuit against the Department of Education, and movement on Pell grants for short-term programs (like coding bootcamps) remains stalled. Plus, we’ll let you know about the 7 new coding bootcamps that we added to the Course Report directory in April.

Curious about what happened in March? Check out last month’s episode to hear our March coding bootcamp news roundup!

$8M IN BOOTCAMP FUNDRAISES

• Business Insider reports that Careerist closed an $8M Series A funding round.
• In Business Standard, Simplilearn announced its plans for expansion this year.

THE LATEST ON PELL GRANTS + OPMs

• Higher Ed Dive reports that the OPM, 2U filed a lawsuit against the Department of Education this month, alledging the department radically redefines the definition of what it means to be a third-party servicer. 
• The Department of Ed responded with a blog post that promised to revise the guidelines. Phil on Ed Tech expands on the back-and-forth about this new redefinition of “third party servicer.”  
• Higher Ed Dive reports that Pell grants for short term programs continues to be stuck in its quagmire because lawmakers are unsure whether short-term Pell grants should cover for-profit programs.

LOWERING THE BARRIERS TO TECH CAREERS

• New Jersey joined many other U.S. states in loosening its degree requirements for state jobs in favor of a skills-based hiring approach. 
• West Virginia’s Generation WV program will now include a needs-based living stipend.
• Lighthouse Labs has partnered with Saskatchewan Polytechnic to offer free technical training in web development and data science. 
• CIO Economic Times reported on the state of Argentina’s tech training initiatives, such as the federal program, Argentina Programma 4.0 and smaller programs like Puerta 18. 
• KTLA interviewed Christina Wu, a classically trained musician who made a career change into tech through the Niantic-sponsored cohort at Tech Elevator. 
• Tech Elevator is celebrating a major milestone this month of 3,000 students placed in jobs nationwide! 

WHAT’S NEXT IN TECH IN 2023: AI + MIAMI

• Josh Bersin wrote after attending the ASU/GSV conference that edtech is crazy for AI right now.
• CNBC interviewed venture capitalist Jim Breyer who pointed out that AI may have the biggest effect on the medical and medtech field. 
• The Washington Post tracked how many Bay Area tech companies have been making their exodus to Miami. 
• Miami is included in our recent roundup of the 16 Best Tech Job Cities in the U.S. — check it out to learn more about the typical tech salaries you can expect in Miami!
• Refresh Miami did a look-back on how Miami-based bootcamp Ironhack has affected the area since it launched a decade ago. 

DIVERSIFYING TECH TALENT

• HR Dive highlighted a recent report from NPower and Lightcast that examined how today’s tech hiring is affecting women of color technologists.  
• The Seattle Times expands interviewed Lauren Sato on how Ada Developers Academy is prioritizing women and gender-expansive applicants who likely can’t afford the cost of traditional schooling
• Sync NI interviewed women in the UK who made career changes through the free, online program, Code First Girls. 
• According to AZ Family, a new program called Persevere is a one-year technology training boot camp now offered to those incarcerated in the state.! 

NEW CODING BOOTCAMPS

• Upright Education announced a partnership with Monroe County Community College this month.

7 NEW SCHOOLS ADDED TO COURSE REPORT

• Hackmyhead
• Skills21
• W3Schools
• Masterschool
• European Tech School
• Scrimba
• Tulsa Community College Boot Camps (powered by edX)

OUR FAVORITE PIECES ON THE BLOG

Thanks to the expert knowledge of Aaron Gallant, a Curriculum Lead at Practicum, we released a breakdown of data analytics vs business intelligence vs data science to make it easier to understand the differences between these career paths. 

We celebrated Earth Day with a brand new roundup of greentech jobs you can land after graduating from a coding bootcamp. This roundup also includes 22 greentech companies that are on a mission to help save the planet!

Here at Course Report, we just did a roundup of four healthcare tech or medtech roles you can land after a coding bootcamp — it’s cool to think that bootcamp grads could be ones helping medical professionals integrate AI into their workflow!