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Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Correction: an earlier version of this article suggested 2U does not publish enrollment numbers. They do publish enrollment numbers in their quarterly reports, the article has been updated to reflect that. Proponents believe online education is the future of higher education, providing ease of access, more flexible learning, and the opportunity to engage students wherever they are. The pandemic has shown that many universities can pivot to online education when needed, but creating effective, fully online programs is still hard. Perhaps that is why many online programs at public universities are run by private corporations known as Online Program Managers (OPMs). Worryingly, these private companies bear many of the predatory hallmarks—aggressive recruiting and targeting minoritized students—we saw in for-profit colleges like Corinthian and ITT Tech, both of which collapsed after years of hoovering up as many federal dollars … [Read more...] about Are OPMs The New Predatory For-Profit Colleges?

Conny Braams from Unilever; Dara Treseder from Peloton; Forbes CMO Hall of Famer Antonio Lucio; and Frank Cooper III from Visa. Illustration by Alexander Wells for Forbes. Recognizing the 50 Most Influential CMOs in the World By Seth Matlins , Managing Director, Forbes CMO Network Additional reporting by Diane Brady , Emmy Lucas , Olivia Peluso , Lauren Debter , Isabel Lord , Katherine Dunn T wo hundred years before it was first used as a verb, “influence” was a noun denoting the stars’ ability to affect human lives and destinies. Today, we consider “influence” less astrologically and more practically, focusing on the chief marketers who wield it to shape the character and destinies of the brands and businesses they help steward. The link between marketing and influence has always been inextricable. After all, a chief marketer’s job is about nothing more than it is the influencing of attitudes and behaviors in … [Read more...] about The Forbes World’s Most Influential CMOs List: 2022

Digital experts say if TikTok returns, it could change the content game in India - again. (Image: Solen Feyissa via Unsplash) When TikTok was banned in India on June 29, 2020, it left close to 200 million users orphaned. In four years, the 15-second video platform owned by the Chinese technology company, ByteDance, had changed the way Bharat made and consumed content. With the accessibility of 15 regional languages on the app, there was a TikToker born out of narrow alleyways, ghats, river banks, and forests of the country. From Jhumri Telaiya to Tirunelveli, TikTok gave a confidence booster to users across ages, regions, classes and genders. Though for many urban Indian internet inhabitants TikTok’s videos were “cringe-inducing”, it gave wings to millions to fly and breathe the air of success and fame. After two years of TikTok ban and several other apps and formats such as Instagram’s Reels, YouTube’s Shorts, Josh, and Moj, among a few others, getting popular, the space may … [Read more...] about Storyboard18 | ‘Reels made a mall, TikTok made a DMart’: What TikTok’s possible comeback means for brands & creators

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Hey Tech Lady, I have a co-worker that constantly interrupts me and doesn’t listen to my input. How can I navigate the situation and assert myself without coming across as aggressive or intimidating? — Jaime S., Engineer, via LinkedIn. I nterruptions are something I’m all too familiar with. Between work, three insistent kids, two drooly dogs and a neurotic cat, I'm amazed when I can complete even the simplest task without disturbance and still hold on to my sanity. And that’s up for debate. Occasional interruptions are an annoyance, sure, but they often lack ill intent, so most of us brush them off pretty easily. It can be a brief, momentary clash or one of those awkward conversations when, for some unknown reason, you and whomever you’re speaking with have different rhythms that just won’t harmonize, so you stumble through talking over each other. Life isn’t scripted, so we live through the outtakes. … [Read more...] about Hey Tech Lady: Girl, Interrupted — And What You Can Do About It

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin If there’s anything that I’ve learned over two decades as an investor, it’s that hindsight is 20/20—and history has a way of repeating itself. I first met Bruce Felt in late 2006 when he joined a GGV portfolio company, SuccessFactors , as the chief financial officer. Bruce took the company public about a year later—just in time for the Global Financial Crisis (GFC). SuccessFactors weathered that storm, ultimately selling to SAP for $3.4 billion in early 2012. Given the macro uncertainty of the current environment, I recently asked Bruce to reflect on his experience with plummeting stock prices and layoffs during the GFC: GGV Capital Episode 69 - Bruce Felt, CFO of Domo, on Bridging the Gap Between Strategy and Execution Bruce is now the CFO of Domo , a cloud-based business management platform that went public in 2018 and has performed well with many quarters in a row of over 20% growth. … [Read more...] about How to Manage Your Startup Through Macro Uncertainty: Lessons From the Global Financial Crisis

"You need to constantly update and integrate software with changes made in other parts of the ecosystem. The maintenance of these components in the ecosystem is what engineering managers often refer to as technical debt." (Representational image: Maxim Tolchinskiy via Unsplash) Learning how to code isn't essential but having a digital mindset can help you thrive in a world driven by data and artificial intelligence (AI), explain Paul Leonardi and Tsedal Neeley in The Digital Mindset: What It Really Takes to Thrive in the Age of Data, Algorithms, and AI . In the book, Leonardi and Neeley share three approaches to develop this mindset and requisite digital skills: "Collaboration, Computation, and Change". Leonardi is the Duca Family Professor of Technology Management at University of California Santa Barbara and an expert on digital transformation and organizational change. Neeley is the Naylor Fitzhugh Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School, … [Read more...] about Book excerpt: The Digital Mindset: What It Really Takes to Thrive in the Age of Data, Algorithms, and AI

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin If you’re struggling to figure out who to vote for in the presidential primaries next year, you’re not alone. With so many contenders (at least on the Democratic side), let's look at what plans do the candidates have to keep college costs down. Not every candidate has taken a clear position yet, but we read the tea leaves a little bit on the main Republican and Democratic candidates. This is different from the proposals to tackle the student loan debt crisis, which you can read here: 2020 Presidential Candidates' Proposals On Student Loan Debt . Instead, this article is specific to proposals around lowering the ballooning cost of higher education. Photo Credit: Getty Getty Republican: Donald Trump In general, Republicans don’t believe the government (federal or state) should have much of a role in funding public higher education, and see responsibility for costs as falling entirely on the … [Read more...] about The 2020 Presidential Candidates’ Proposals On Lowering College Costs

Bhawna Sangwan, Chief Legal and Strategy Officer, Slice Card-led lending platform Slice has appointed former Amazon Pay Director and Associate General Counsel Bhawna Sangwan as its Chief Legal and Strategy Officer amidst increasing challenges to its business model after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) asked fintechs to stop lending through prepaid cards and wallets. Sangwan has over 17 years of experience in corporate law and started her career at GE where she was instrumental in leading the compliance programme. Prior to joining Amazon Pay, she was part of Bharti Airtel's legal and compliance team. "At Airtel, she played a significant role in acquiring a payments license in 2009, took part in multiple M&A  deals, and was also one of the founding members of Airtel Money in 2008," a statement by Slice said. At Amazon Pay, Sangwan played a key role in building the fintech arm of Amazon in India - including bill payments, UPI, launched a variety of products ranging … [Read more...] about Slice appoints former Amazon Pay Director as legal chief amid new regulatory challenges

On May 28, the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) said it had unearthed a heroin trafficking network with the arrest of eight people and seizure of about 35 kg of narcotics. In February, the apex agency for drug law enforcement arrested 22 suspects, including software engineers, a financial analyst, an MBA graduate and one of its personnel. With that drug bust, it claimed to have uncovered a pan-India trafficking ring that used the darknet, or anonymous proxy networks, and cryptocurrency to traffic narcotic substances. READ | Gujarat: 56 kg of cocaine, worth Rs 500 crore, seized from container near Mundra port The federal anti-drug agency has been in the news recently not just for high-profile cases, but also a spike in narcotic seizures. Call it effective enforcement or increase in drug consumption, there has been an exponential rise in seizures. The NCB registered 684 cases in 2021 and 245 until May this year compared to 412 cases in 2020. Compared to 343 kg of heroin … [Read more...] about India’s top narcotics cop: Drug trafficking and use have increased significantly