Ryan Craig (@ryancraigap) and Daniel Pianko (@danielpianko) of Achieve Partners join Erik on this episode to discuss:

  • The multiple crises in higher education: of affordability, of completion, and of employability.

  • Why there doesn’t yet exist a Walmart University.

  • Why they think that big companies will be some of the great educational institutions of the 21st century.

  • Their thoughts on ISAs.

  • What they would change if they could change anything about higher ed.

  • How to fix the fact that half of people entering a degree program don’t complete it.

  • Why we should make higher education free.

  • How they foresee the unbundling of college happening.

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