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Key Takeaways Sal Khan is launching the Khan TED Institute to offer a low-cost, AI-focused alternative to elite universities, starting with a Bachelor’s degree in Applied AI.
The program aims to secure academic accreditation, open within 12 to 24 months and keep total tuition under $10,000.
Big-name employers, including Google, Microsoft, McKinsey, Bain and Accenture, are involved as partners.
Khan Academy founder and CEO Sal Khan is teaming up with Google, Microsoft and McKinsey to offer students a new option for higher education.
Khan announced this week that he is launching the Khan TED Institute, a new joint venture with TED and testing giant ETS. The idea is to offer an affordable, AI-focused degree that can compete with elite schools like Harvard and Stanford.
“We think there are many good reasons to go to a traditional university, but not everyone has access to those opportunities,” Khan said in a video announcing the program. “On top of that, the world is changing very, very, very fast. We want to make sure that there are ways even for people with traditional degrees to continue to reskill.”
Sal Khan, founder and chief executive officer of Khan Academy. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg
Khan expects to launch the Khan TED Institute within the next one to two years and plans to seek accreditation as a full degree program. He aims to have a degree cost less than $10,000 total — just a sliver of what students pay at top-tier universities, where tuition alone is headed toward over $68,000 per year at Stanford and nearly $65,000 per year at Harvard.
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