Fifty years ago, JFK gave his famous 'Go to the Moon' speech at Rice University in response to the Soviet Union beating the US into space, the original 'Sputnik Moment'. He inspired a nation to go to the moon. Now is a time of unprecedented challenge and change in education. Indeed, Obama has called education 'our generation's sputnik moment'.
Learning has never been more available and inexpensive, yet the cost of obtaining a degree continues to rise at 3X the rate of inflation. Universities do not have a monopoly on learning - only credentialing. Degreed is the world's first Digital Lifelong Diploma, which will 'jailbreak' the degree and enable learners to reflect everything they've learned, from any source, throughout their lives.
