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CodePath: Restoring Trust in Higher Education as a Pathway to Economic Mobility

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CodePath is the largest educator of college computing students in the United States. We transform higher ed by boosting the value of a college degree through increased enrollment, completion, and mastery in Computer Science—the field that offers the best career returns. CodePath bridges the gap between education and employment, ensuring students gain the skills needed to thrive in a rapidly evolving workforce.

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Higher education is in a state of crisis with college enrollment on a decade long Decline and AI increasing the gap between education and Industry young people know that a college degree isn’t what it used to be we at risk of losing our most promising Pathway to the American dream because when we stop valuing higher education we stop valuing curiosity we discourage ambition and we give up on our nation’s untap potential I’m Michael Ellison CEO and co-founder of copath since 2017 we’ve grown 50 to 100% year-over-year to become the largest educator of college computer science students in the country student-led Word of Mouth F our fast growth and impressive outcomes have created deep relationships with local schools and governments we are now using AI powered courses to transform employment and increase student exposure to AI across University systems public institutions are turning to copath because they believe we will change their job outcomes improving their relationship with local employers and restoring Community Trust in their institutions within 5 years copath will complete A repeatable playbook for doubling technical job outcomes in large community colleges and state schools driving 10 billion dollar of economic impact directly to low-income communities each year let’s once again restore trust in our public institutions by increasing the ri of a college degree thank you