Economics

Can You Buy a New Job?

General Assembly's Jake Schwartz wants to increase the return on your education investment.
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Who's in charge of your education?

Jake Schwartz would like to be in the vanguard. The 38-year-old graduate of Yale and Wharton is co-founder and chief executive officer of General Assembly, a leader among "accelerated learning" providers, which last week announced an expansion and the acquisition of Toronto-based career accelerator Bitmaker.