Education Markets Researcher · TransferCredit.org
Yana is completing a PhD in economics. Before academia she worked at investment firms as a sector analyst, where her coverage list included edtech companies, services aimed at college students, and the adult-learner market. That seat gave her a close-up view of which companies in the credit-by-exam and alternative-credential space actually move the needle for students and which ones are mostly good at marketing.
Her research now focuses on the intersection of labor economics and education — how credits get priced, how they get recognized by employers and institutions, and why the same CLEP exam can be worth $1,500 at one school and essentially nothing at another. If you want a post that explains the market dynamics behind the advice, that's her.
She writes the way she analyzes: numbers first, narrative second, and she'll tell you when the story the industry is selling doesn't match the data.
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