Artificial intelligence, market saturation, and shifting demands from both employers and students are driving changes in coding bootcamps and other programs in the tech training sector, according to a recent Inside Higher Education story. These factors have contributed to several closures in the past year:
- 2U’s bootcamp division (December 2024)
- Codeup (December 2024)
- Momentum Learning Triangle coding bootcamp (August 2024)
- Rithm School (stopped accepting new applications in July 2024)
- Launch Academy (paused its code school in May 2024)
- Women who Code (April 2024)
- Epicodus (early 2024)
- Kenzie Academy, run by Southern New Hampshire University (2023)
Other providers have recently adapted their business models. Codesmith has moved to remote-based programming as of February 2024, while General Assembly, one of the largest bootcamps, introduced part-time options in March 2024. After downsizing in 2023, Ada Developers Academy reopened with a new focus on AI in fall 2024. 2U plans to offer shorter-term microcredentials in place of its bootcamp programming.
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