Ashford University

nasdaq | April 07, 2020

In response to COVID-19-led shutdowns, many for-profit education companies have undertaken initiatives to reach students who aspire to complete their courses as planned, with the help of various online education platforms. Strategic Education, Inc. STRA or SEI — which recently announced free online courses with the Sophia Learning platform and collaborated with Historically Black Colleges And Universities (“HBCUs”) — has extended access to its expertise and products in on...

CORPORATE LEARNING SYSTEMS

EdCast | November 08, 2021

-Spark by EdCast and Zenefits today announced a platform integration and business collaboration that will provide small-to-medium sized businesses (SMBs) the ability to offer upskilling as a benefit to their employees. This will help staff train and retrain for changing jobs today and in the future, helping small businesses engage and retain their employees.According to Gartner, 64% of companies surveyed view the talent shortage as the most significant barrier to adoption of emerging technologie...

TALENT DEVELOPMENT

Anthology | October 21, 2022

Anthology, a leading provider of education solutions that support the entire learner lifecycle, today announced that the Maine Community College System (MCCS) will deploy two of Anthology's flagship solutions Anthology Student and Anthology Reach and a host of Anthology's Alumni and Advancement, Enrollment and Retention, Enterprise Resources and Career Development products. Together, Anthology's broad, flexible technology ecosystem will help drive a consistent and efficient exp...

EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY

UnifyWork | November 15, 2022

UnifyWork announced today the launch of its workforce intelligence platform, the first of its kind in the market. Its patented skills-based technology powers local talent networks by coupling the market demand for skills development with equitable hiring to remove the barriers associated with the traditional labor market. A Harvard-Accenture study in 2021 found that there are more than 27 million hidden workers who could work or find better work, but are not ...