Dive Brief:
- Online learning services company Learning House has acquired the Software Craftsmanship Guild, a provider of coding bootcamps.
- The acquisition will allow Learning House to broker partnerships with colleges and universities to offer accredited coding courses to students looking for IT skills, eCampus News reports.
- Already, such coding bootcamps exist or are in the works in St. Paul, MN, and Louisville, KY, according to the article.
Dive Insight:
President Barack Obama has referred to a skills gap in this country that leaves 500,000 tech jobs unfilled. His TechHire Initiative attempts to combat this gap by facilitating routes to certificates and degrees for adults interested in retraining for jobs in IT fields. Learning House’s latest acquisition will allow it to contribute to this initiative and address the gaps that do exist in the skills base of the American workforce. By partnering with accredited institutions for the coding bootcamps, Learning House should be setting its future students up for success, giving them marketable credentials to take to their job searches.