Digital wallets as next generation college transcripts
Adoption has started as employers and students place more value on skills. Meanwhile, plans for free, open-source wallet technology are picking up steam. In 2004, a then 22-year-old Timothy Summers received a small, laminated copy of his college diploma. “There’s this idea of having your journey, and it’s yours—you own it, have it in your pocket and can take it out and tell your story,” he said. Two decades later, Summers wanted to instill that same sense of ownership in students at Arizona State University. So he spent years—and raised millions of dollars—to build ASU Pocket, a ...
Source: insidehighered.com
