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Participation in employer-sponsored education programs more than doubled year over year as employers reported significant retention gains

Recognized among the world's most transformational growth companies in digital learning and workforce skills

InStride’s 2025 Talent Priorities Report reveals strong mid-career demand for leadership growth

Empowering businesses with strategic education and skilling solutions that unlock career advancement and organizational impact

Partners expand healthcare training with the launch of the Cytology Master’s Program

Ranked #26 globally and #7 among U.S. companies for innovation and industry impact

Providing a new model for healthcare systems to address critical workforce shortages

Custom, cohort-based learning tracks deliver measurable results in 3 to 12 months

Program boosts first-pass Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) exam rates, advancing careers in behavior analysis

Initiative integrates Cengage Group’s ‘Ready to Hire’ solution with InStride workforce education programs

Over 80% of U.S. workers under age 45 report wanting debt-free, career-advancing education from their employer

Human capital solution enables franchises to scale employee development and career advancement

Industry pioneer delivers workforce education programs for 50 enterprise companies offering their employees tuition-free degrees and courses

Program offers full- and part-time employees 100% tuition coverage for degrees and skill courses to foster career advancement

InStride, a tech-enabled services company that delivers workforce education solutions, today announced the launch of InSkilling™, a consultative service that broadens the pool of qualified talent for in-demand jobs through skills-based hiring. Providing companies with the expertise and tools needed to implement skills-based hiring, InSkilling determines how to replace traditional degree requirements for job descriptions, with necessary skills for specific entry- and mid-level roles.

InStride, a strategic workforce education company leading the movement to advance social and business impact through academic attainment, today announced the appointment of Craig Maloney as its new Chief Executive Officer. Maloney will be stepping into this leadership role effective immediately.

Piston Group today announced the expansion of its strategic workforce education program in partnership with InStride. Following the success of the initial launch of the Future-Ready Education Program, Piston Group has now added employer-funded graduate degrees and certificates to the program. The expansion also adds courses from Spanish-language institutions, such as Universidad Tecmilenio, to meet demand from the company’s multi-lingual employee population.

InStride, the premier provider of strategically designed workforce education programs, today announced that it has earned a place on the 2022 Fortune Change the World list. This year’s list recognizes 54 companies globally for innovative business strategies that positively impact the world.

InStride, the premier global provider of Strategic Enterprise EducationTM programs, announced the addition of Mark Laret and Nancy Schlichting to the InStride Advisory Board. Both have decades of experience in the healthcare sector, with Laret being the former President and CEO of UCSF Health and Schlichting the former CEO of the Henry Ford Health System. Laret and Schlichting join George Barrett, former Chair and CEO of Cardinal Health, as healthcare leaders on the InStride Advisory Board. This added expertise will amplify InStride’s leading capability to provide strategic education programs to healthcare partners, including for high-demand clinical roles.

Central State University has announced a new partnership with InStride, a public benefit company leading the movement to advance business and social impact through workforce education.

InStride, the premier global provider of Strategic Enterprise Education™ programs, announced the addition of former Darden Restaurants CEO Clarence Otis to the InStride Advisory Board (IAB). Otis becomes the ninth member of the IAB, joining leaders from Cardinal Health, Citibank, Disney, eBay, Ford, KPMG, Michael’s and Regal Entertainment.

InStride, the premier global provider of strategic enterprise education™ programs, has joined OneTen to provide education opportunities and career advancement for Black talent. As an endorsed talent developer, InStride will work in partnership with OneTen to broadly develop, retain and advance diverse and underrepresented talent with an explicit commitment to hire or promote Black individuals without four-year degrees.

In order to meet new skills demands and develop the workforce of the future for the automotive industry, InStride today announced the launch of a pilot program with leading automotive technology company Magna International to develop strategic education programs for qualified employees to access undergraduate degrees and other learning and development opportunities. The company’s initial education offerings will be available for US-based employees beginning this month.

The University of Memphis has partnered with InStride to join its academic network, increasing both entities’ ability to reach more corporations interested in sponsoring strategic workforce education for their employees. The University of Memphis has a proven track record in online learning, launching its first online programs more than 25 years ago in 1995, and now boasting more than 100 accredited academic programs and thousands of students worldwide.