Meyer and Co
  • Home
  • About Us
  • Portfolio
  • News
  • Contact

Indiana Launches Adult Learning Program Run by a For-Profit Education Company Graduation Alliance

Post by: Meyer in Education Press Releases
By Wes Mills, Content Manager
Image
(image courtesy of Pixabay/StartupStockFotos)

 

INDIANAPOLIS – The state of Indiana has launched an initiative to help adults who didn’t graduate high school earn a diploma. The Indiana Workforce Diploma Program also helps the students earn certain skilled trade certifications for free. Governor Eric Holcomb signed the Workforce Diploma Reimbursement Program into law in May and it launched in October. The program is run by a for-profit education company called Graduation Alliance, but it is overseen by the Indiana Governor’s Workforce Cabinet.

What makes this program different from other adult education programs is cost. While the program is state-funded, G.A only gets reimbursed if the adult student succeeds in earning a diploma and landing a job.

“Each of these individuals is an investment,” said Greg Harp, Graduation Alliance’s chief development officer.

Harp says when provided with a diploma, employable skills and job-ready certifications, “people who are stuck in low-wage, insecure jobs are able to lift themselves into living-wage work.”

Harp says Indiana has approximately 500,000 residents who never earned a high school diploma.

Indiana residents over the age of 22 and have completed at least some of 10th grade can apply to the program.

This program is taught online, but Harp says it also offers support from certified teachers.

“Instead of just purely computer-based curriculum, we have teachers in each of our classes and they’re certified in Indiana and are highly qualified in their subject,” said Harp. “They (students) have an academic coach which helps student on pace in progress and helps them monitor and get completed in the time they have that available.”

Utah-based Graduation Alliance is also used in Ohio and Michigan.

The state law set the reimbursement for educational providers at $6,750 per graduate. The measure also requires the company to maintain a graduation rate of at least 50%.

Click here to learn more about the program.

Harp explains to Inside INdiana Business what makes the Graduation Alliance program different. Click here
Tags:
22 Jan 2020
0

Click here to cancel reply.

Leave a comment

Cancel reply

Recent Posts

  • Disney neighborhood about to welcome first residents into $4 million homes
  • Update from The Weitzman: Smithsonian Bill Passed in Senate
  • First Cotino Storyliving by Disney Model Homes Almost Complete
  • AJC Joins Argentinian Jewish Community in Remembering AMIA Bombing 30 Years Later
  • Desert Sun: First homes at Disney-backed Cotino in Rancho Mirage could be ready by January

Recent Comments

    Archives

    • March 2025
    • December 2024
    • August 2024
    • July 2024
    • May 2024
    • April 2024
    • March 2024
    • January 2024
    • December 2023
    • November 2023
    • October 2023
    • August 2023
    • July 2023
    • June 2023
    • April 2023
    • March 2023
    • February 2023
    • January 2023
    • December 2022
    • November 2022
    • July 2022
    • June 2022
    • May 2022
    • April 2022
    • March 2022
    • February 2022
    • January 2022
    • December 2021
    • November 2021
    • October 2021
    • August 2021
    • July 2021
    • June 2021
    • May 2021
    • April 2021
    • March 2021
    • February 2021
    • January 2021
    • December 2020
    • November 2020
    • October 2020
    • September 2020
    • August 2020
    • July 2020
    • June 2020
    • May 2020
    • April 2020
    • March 2020
    • February 2020
    • January 2020
    • December 2019
    • November 2019
    • October 2019
    • September 2019
    • August 2019
    • July 2019
    • June 2019
    • May 2019
    • April 2019
    • March 2019
    • February 2019
    • January 2019
    • December 2018
    • October 2018
    • August 2018
    • May 2018
    • April 2018
    • March 2018
    • January 2018
    • December 2017
    • October 2017
    • July 2017
    • June 2017
    • November 2016
    • October 2016
    • February 2016
    • January 2016
    • December 2015
    • November 2015
    • September 2015
    • August 2015
    • July 2015
    • May 2015
    • March 2015
    • July 2014
    • March 2014
    • February 2014
    • January 2014
    • December 2013
    • September 2013
    • August 2013
    • July 2013
    • May 2013
    • April 2013
    • March 2013
    • February 2013
    • January 2013
    • December 2012
    • November 2012
    • October 2012
    • September 2012
    • July 2012
    • May 2012
    • April 2012
    • February 2012
    • January 2012
    • September 2011
    • August 2011
    • July 2011
    • December 2010
    • September 2010
    • August 2010
    • June 2010
    • September 2008
    • July 2008

    Categories

    • Articles
    • Causes
    • Citizenship
    • Education
    • Education Press Releases
    • Edward H. Meyer Memorial
    • Health Care
    • Health Care
    • Media and Technology
    • Obituary
    • Partnerships
    • Philantrophy News
    • Press Releases
    • Real Estate
    • rss-education
    • Sports
    • The American Jewish Committee
    • The Weitzman
    • Uncategorized

    Meta

    • Log in
    • Entries feed
    • Comments feed
    • WordPress.org

    Copyright © 2019 Meyer and Co. All Rights Reserved.

    Privacy Policy | Terms of Service