edcetera, May 2, 2013: Yes, online learning has come a long way. Students are benefiting from the increased access, convenience, and flexibility that they offer. But what the students are telling us is that online learning can go a lot farther. Read the full article>
Jack Hidary, Huffington Post, July 7, 2012: New online learning models are bursting from startups and top universities, bridging the educational divide. We are in the midst of a revolution that will bring high-quality education to hundreds of millions of people who have never had access to this level of learning before. Read the full post>
NGLC, March 3, 2012: Next Generation Learning Challenges (NGLC), an initiative dedicated to improving college readiness and completion, today announced grants totaling $5.4 million for 13 new models of personalized, blended learning at the secondary and postsecondary levels. Read the full article>
VentureBeat, August 7, 2012: Many American students enrolled at community colleges intend to transfer eventually to a larger institution to earn a bachelor’s degree, but only 20 percent ever actually do. Altius Education serves to address this problem. Read the full article>
Today's Campus, May/June 2012: In this issue of Today's Campus, we take a look at some of the major disruptions to the academy and some of the colorful people who are the noteworthy edRuptors. Read the full article>
edcetera - June 13, 2012 Founding, managing and investing in successful education ventures is what Paul Freedman loves to do—and he’s good at what he does. For the past couple years, he has served as founder and CEO of Altius Education—part university, part technology company. Read the full interview>
Campus Technology - April 25, 2012 The new tool "combines the powers of storytelling, big data, cognitive science, and current technologies to fundamentally change the way students experience online learning. Read the full article>
Whiteboard Advisors, April 22, 2012: The team at Altius knows an awful lot about the drivers of community college success. Founder Paul Freedman’s brainchild, Ivy Bridge College is driving completion rates. Read the full article>
Today's Campus, April 24, 2012: Paul's company, Altius Education just released a new idea in higher education called Helix--and he's looking for feedback. You should visit www.MeetHelix.com for more information. Watch the video>
Forbes, April 19, 2012:The most exciting announcement in my opinion at the actual summit came from Altius Education and its founder and CEO, Paul Freedman. The announcement was the public launch of its new Helix platform. Read the full article>
Paul Freedman, Huffington Post, February, 19, 2012: When I think about higher education today, I feel the same way. I can't believe we're not all driving flying cars yet. Now some of you well-versed in current scientific events may bring up the fact that there actually is a flying car. Read the full article>
Xconomy, April 19, 2012: Paul Freedman, Altius’ founder and CEO, revealed the new platform yesterday at Arizona State University’s Education Innovation Summit in Scottsdale, AZ. Read the full article>
GettingSmart, April 18, 2012: Paul Friedman, CEO of Altius Education, debuted Helix, a next gen higher learning platform, at the ASU Education Innovation Summit (#eisummit) today. Read the full article>
TechCrunch, February, 19, 2012: Education 2.0 (it’s early, but Altius, Khan Academy, CK12, Udacity): “Education models that dramatically reduce the cost and increase the availability of quality learning.” Read the full article>
InsideHigherEd, January 17, 2012: In the last few years, though, a new strain of entities has emerged. These use private (often investor-provided) capital to work with existing institutions to create entirely new institutions or enterprises; foremost among them is Altius Education's Ivy Bridge College. Read the full article>
The New York Times, August 25, 2011: There are also budding joint ventures between brick-and-mortar campuses and online entities, like Ivy Bridge College — a collaboration between Tiffin University and Altius Education, offering two-year online degrees transferable to dozens of partner four-year colleges. Read the full article>
The Chronicle of Higher Education, February 2, 2010:At its basic level, the joint-venture idea is a variation on the outsourcing that many institutions already engage in with companies for 'noncore" services such as facilities management and marketing. Read the full article>
Xconomy, March 3, 2011:The problem that offends Paul Freedman is this: About 75 percent of the 3.4 million students enrolled in community colleges in the United States say they intend to transfer eventually to a four-year university—but only 20 percent ever do. Read the full article>
InsideHigherEd, January 4, 2011: Michael B. Goldstein, a lawyer who heads the higher education practice at Dow Lohnes, praised Ivy Bridge, suggesting that it could be a model for other “joint ventures” between financially slumping private institutions and for-profit partners. Read the full article>
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