Boost by Kaplan Teams Up with Find Your Grind to Inspire and Help Pre-College Students Chart their Education and Career Paths
August 17 2020 - 7:30AM
Business Wire
Boost by Kaplan, an innovative online program designed to help
pre-college students learn what careers look like and the skills
needed to succeed in them, is working with Find Your Grind to
deliver a highly engaging approach to learning and navigating the
path to self-discovery and success. Find Your Grind offers an
extensive library of mentors with insights, advice, and real career
data to help students discover what they are meant to do through
social emotional learning, exploration of interests, inquiry and
self-reflection, and exploration.
With data showing that 30% of undergrads change their major at
least once within three years of initial enrollment, Boost seeks to
help bridge the gap between the college experience and career
readiness. Additional data from McGraw Hill shows that only 35% of
traditional college graduates feel higher education prepared them
for the workforce.
Find Your Grind’s virtual mentorship program allows Boost
students to learn from professionals who’ve been in the position of
being unsure of what to study and what to do after college and high
school, but who have found their passion, discovered their
strengths, and are putting them to use in the workplace. Boost
students can match their core habits, strengths, and traits with
like-minded mentors, and browse hundreds of videos on strategies on
how to get started, timesavers, social media advice, and practical
lessons from FYG experts to elevate their game and build
confidence.
“Boost students are engaged in a journey of purposeful
self-discovery about their education paths and career trajectories
and we know that utilizing the inspirational content from Find Your
Grind will be valuable tools in pointing them in the right
direction,” said Megan O’Connor, entrepreneur-in-residence, Kaplan.
“At a time when there is so much uncertainty and change, Boost
students will be given the opportunity to become more knowledgeable
about their own goals and better plan for the future.”
“It’s amazing to be a part of this Boost program. Being able to
provide students with agency over their choices, career decisions,
and interests to feel confident in their next steps is what it’s
all about! In these uncertain times I think it’s more important
than ever to show the endless possibilities that are out there and
get students fired up about what’s ahead for their futures,” said
Nick Gross, co-founder, Find Your Grind.
The FYG collaboration follows on the heels of a Boost
partnership with Myers Briggs, which will provide students with
personal insights to help them decide on their education and career
paths. Delivered on the VitaNavis® platform, the SuperStrong®
assessment helps students discover how their interests can inform
and translate into academic and professional success.
Boost by Kaplan seeks to close the gap between the college
experience and career readiness by offering pre-college students
the opportunity to explore different fields of study in high-growth
career paths, interact with professionals in their areas of work
interest and participate in work-integrated learning projects. The
10-hour weekly program allows for flexibility, and will offer a
combination of live instruction, on demand sessions, customized
study, work-life experience through projects, live interviews with
professionals and ‘pulse checks’ as students’ interests evolve.
Students will receive 1:1 mentoring with experienced Kaplan
advisors dedicated to guiding students on their education and
career paths as well as be part of a small cohort for networked
learning and reflection.
Boost by Kaplan has committed to awarding full tuition
assistance to 20 percent of its students who demonstrate financial
need, in an effort to create opportunities for those who want to
explore their future education and the world of work, without
financial barriers.
The first Boost cohort will run online from September
14-December 11, 2020. The spring cohort will begin in January. For
more information, go to www.boostbykaplan.com.
About Kaplan
Kaplan provides individuals, universities, and businesses a
broad array of educational services, including higher and
professional education, test preparation, language training,
corporate and leadership training, and student recruitment, online
enablement and other university support services. With operations
in nearly 30 countries, Kaplan serves nearly 1.1 million students
each year and has partnerships with 2,000-plus universities,
colleges, and schools/school districts, and more than 4,000
businesses globally. Kaplan is a subsidiary of Graham Holdings
Company (NYSE: GHC). For more information, please visit
www.kaplan.com.
About Find Your Grind
Our philosophy is simple: Help individuals discover who they
are, where they’re going, and the first steps to get there. FYG
educational products, online discovery platform, and live events
are accelerating connections to purpose and lifestyle discovery,
worldwide. We help individuals navigate their own path and discover
what it is they were meant to do by weighing this heavily on how
you want to live your life is most important, with a lens focused
on 21st century opportunities. For more information, visit
www.findyourgrind.com.
Note to editors: Kaplan is a subsidiary of The Graham Holdings
Company (NYSE: GHC)
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