McDonald’s and Career Online High School award 100 high school diplomas. Amid political pressures to raise federal minimum wages and create more US-based jobs, multinational companies like McDonald’s have stepped up to the plate to address an issue that impacts communities everywhere: low high school graduation rates. Go to article.
The Sun Sentinal covers State of Florida's launch of Career Online High School in libraries across the state. View article.
Shevy Conway has worked at the Seneca McDonalds for 15 years. Recently she decided to get her high school diploma, over 25 years after she was scheduled to graduate. McDonalds’ Archways for Opportunity provided tuition support to COHS, and Conway’s boss helped with flexible hours. Now Conway can proudly say she’s got her high school diploma. Watch video.
Feature tracks Walmart’s success upskilling their workforce through Career Online High School. Go to article.
McDonald's helps Dighton woman earn high school diploma. For Dighton resident Gail Philips, 59, life got in the way of earning her high school diploma. “I left school in the 11th grade,” she said....Go to Article...
Online High School Gives Detroit Adult Dropouts Diplomas: Cengage Learning Executive Ron Stefanski left Detroit after his grandmother was slain in her home by a teenage dropout. Twenty-five years later, he’s back—spearheading the Detroit Collective Impact-Pathway to Education & Work. Go to article...
McDonald's Releases First Year Progress Report on Archways to Opportunity Employee Education Program—Career Online High School Key to Program's Success. Warren Buffett Commends McDonald's for the Program and their Partnership with Career Online High School. View Report...
Forbes.com Grads of Life Highlights McDonald’s Archways to Opportunity Program and Career Online High School. View article...
Cross-sector partnership bolsters personalized supports for learners to earn secondary credentials, secure in-demand jobs, and progress along learning and career pathways.
Boston, MA, July 11, 2017 — Today, Jobs for the Future (JFF), an Appalachian Regional Commission POWER Initiative grantee, and Cengage, an education and technology company, are a... READ MORE
Smart Horizons Career Online Education today announced that the first 100 students have graduated from Career Online High School through Florida public libraries. Career Online High School provides qualifying Florida residents the opportunity to earn a free, private, accredited high school diploma. The program is offered to residents by the State of Florida and is administered by Smart Horizons Career Online Education through a partnership with Gale, a Cengage company. Per the U.S. Census ...
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Cengage’s Career Online High School will soon be available to workers and students impacted by the changing coal economy in Appalachia, thanks to a grant from the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC). The $100,000 competitive grant was awarded to Jobs for the Future (JFF), a national nonprofit that builds educational and economic oppor...
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Boston, MASS and Bentonville, ARK, January 18, 2017 — Walmart has expanded its partnership with Cengage, an education and technology company, to offer all associates and their benefits-eligible family members the opportunity to earn accredited high school diplomas and career certificates. Offered through Walmart’s Lifelong Learning program, Career Online High School (COHS) is designed to reengage adults in education and is free for Walmart associates and eligible family begin...
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Team members in 200 domestic stores will have the opportunity to earn their high school diploma online tuition free LOS ANGELES, CA; December 1, 2016 — T<...
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Tallahassee, FL, and Farmington Hills, MI, November 7, 2016—The State of Florida has expanded its partnership with Gale, a Cengage company, to offer accredited online private high school diplomas and career certificates to 28 public library systems across Florida. The Career Online High School (COHS) program is brought to residents by the State of Florida and is administered by Smart Horizons Career Online Education through a partnership with Gale. First launched in 2015 as a...
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Career Online High School available through several public libraries across the state Burr Ridge, Ill, and Farmington Hills, Mich, October 11, 2016—Cengage Learning’s Career Online High School and Reaching Across Illinois Library System (RAILS), a state agency serving libraries in northern and western Illinois, are working together to offer accredited high school diplomas and career certificates at public libraries across the state. Illinois adults in select commu...
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CareerSource Citrus Levy Marion Will Offer Career Online High School to Local Out-of-School Youth and Adult Residents through WIOA Funding Career Online High School (COHS) and CareerSource Citrus Levy Marion (CLM) have partnered to offer out-of-school youth and adults the opp...
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81% of Smart Horizons Career Online Education graduates are college-bound. Smart Horizons Career Online Education (SHCOE) today released the 2017 list of post-secondary institutions to which graduates plan to matriculate. The list includes state universities and community col...
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Through new partnership, ARC will begin providing scholarships to enable formerly incarcerated men and women to earn a high school diploma The Anti-Recidivism Coalition (ARC), a California-based non-profit organization that provides supportive services for formerly incarc...
READ MOREProgram enables youth and adults to earn a high school diploma and workforce certificate for free, opening a pathway to higher education. Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi (TAMU-CC) has announced that it will offer Cengage Learning’s Career Online High School (COHS) to ...
READ MORECareer Online High School now available at public library systems across the state—also named to Colorado’s Eligible Training Provider List (ETPL), in accordance with WIOA legislation Denver, CO and Farmington Hills, Mich, June 7, 2017— The Colorado State Library has partne...
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WIOA-funded Title 1 program brings high school diploma and workforce certificate to high school dropouts as the first step toward careers in child care or transportation Southeast Los Angeles County residents now have access to an accredited high school diploma and workforc...
READ MOREFlorida-based accredited online Parallel Path Program helps students stay in school—putting them on a path to post-secondary education and better job opportunities The Parallel Path Program from the AdvancED/SACS accredited Smart Horizons Career Online Education (SHCOE) sch...
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More than 800 employees currently enrolled in Cengage Learning's Career Online High School (COHS) through McDonald’s Archways to Opportunity employee education program Last week, Cengage Learning's Career Online High School (COHS) and McDonald’s announced an important miles...
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