Jan. 26, 2026
What If Training Costs Were Costless for Employers & Debt Free for Students? - with Pierre Dubuc, Co-Founder & CEO, OpenClassrooms
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It's YOUR time to #EdUp with Pierre Dubuc, Co-Founder & CEO, OpenClassrooms
In this episode, President Series #440, powered by Ellucian, & sponsored by the 2026 InsightsEDU Conference in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, February 17-19,
YOUR cohost is Darius Goldman, Founder & CEO, Career-Bond
YOUR host is Elvin Freytes
- How does OpenClassrooms, a public benefit corporation, train & place 43,000 students annually through competency based education, industry mentorship, & employer aligned degrees in high demand fields like cyber, AI, & healthcare?
- How does the apprenticeship model solve student debt & employer staffing shortages by leveraging state & workforce board funding to make training costless for employers while students learn on the job?
- Why is AI requiring every student to learn AI skills regardless of field, enabling real time curriculum personalization, & why are apprenticeship degrees eating market share from traditional higher education like in France where 25% of graduate students are now apprentices?
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