Degrees of Freedom

DoF provides a high quality, affordable higher education alternative.

y-combinatorWinter 2021Virtual Reality Nonprofit HR tech Edtech Artificial Intelligence 🇺🇸 New York City7 people

degreesoffreedom.org

Chandell Stone, Jazel Smith +1 · 3 co-founders

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Degrees of Freedom offers a high-quality, low-cost degree, by blending virtual and traditional college models. Our students learn on-campus, and online on-line, and in-VR from diverse Ivy League professors and master teachers-- all at the cost of the Pell Grant

3 founders

Chandell Stone

Founder

Scaling Access to Capital & Careers | YC | Harvard + Other Fancy Accolades

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Jazel Smith

Founder

Chief Executive Officer at American Civic Education Foundation

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S. Aaron Andrew

Founder

In 2005, I founded DBF, a social sector studio that has launched $1b in global education, democracy, & tech enterprises including Democracy Prep, WLA (XQ Prize winner), Blackstone Valley Prep, Alumni Revolution, Degrees of Freedom, & others that serve tens of thousands of K-16 students. From 2013-2016 I was Senior Advisor for Education & Civic Technology in the Obama-Biden White House and launched Vote.gov, #CSforAll, & #FutureReady. 45 got elected & things got weird…now, LIFund backed stealth.

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