MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.,
Oct. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- CPP,
Inc. (CPP.com), an industry leader in research, training, and
organizational development tools including the Myers-Briggs Type
Indicator® (MBTI®) assessment, and its
partners Peterson's Publishing, Nelnet, and OnVal are showcasing a
joint technology project at the White House Education Datapalooza
event on October 9, 2012. During the
event, innovators and entrepreneurs will present ideas that have
the potential to advance educational achievement to Secretary of
Education Arne Duncan, United States Chief Technology Officer
Todd Park and top officials from the
U.S. Department of Education.
The Education Datapalooza is part of the White House Open Data
Initiative, one of five projects within the new Presidential
Innovation Fellows program launched by Park at the 2012 TechCrunch
Disrupt Conference. Composed of an agile team of government and
business innovators and led by Park, the Open Data Initiative will
put government data to work on behalf of the American
people.
At the event, CPP and its partners will demonstrate how they
have developed the foundation for a technology platform that will
combine data from the government, educational institutions and
corporations with student data from CPP's CPI 260®
assessment. The end-result is a set of personalized career futures
that help the student identify, appraise and pursue viable pathways
to a successful career.
"With this innovation, we're making 'Big Data' personal," said
Chris Mackey, Director of Business
Development, CPP. "The ultimate goal of this project is to use open
data to support all students in achieving academic success and
fulfilling careers. That can only be accomplished when students are
able to integrate what is unique about themselves into recommended
career futures."
The CPI 260 assessment is the key element that reveals a
student's approach to life and work, providing insight into
professional and personal styles on five dimensions: Dealing with
Others, Self-Management, Motivations and Thinking Style, Personal
Characteristics and Work-Related Measures.
For students, the technology will present career options and
pathways based on their individual interests and aptitudes, while
providing concrete data that enables a better understanding of the
effort, sacrifices and specific actions required to achieve those
goals. For parents and counselors, the platform will offer an
easily accessible way to identify where students are in relation to
their goals and when and how to best intervene on behalf of
students to help ensure their success.
"As today's students plan their careers, rising tuition and
increasing competition leave little room for guesswork," said
Dave Kochbeck, CEO, OnVal. "This
partnership showcases how private technology can tap open data to
help students make well-informed decisions at every point on the
road to success."
Every student deserves a path to a decent future – the challenge
is finding and sticking to a path that is viable for the student's
financial situation, aptitude, interests and personal lifestyle
preferences. While the goal of CPP and its partners is to help all
students, the new technology will be particularly beneficial to
those at risk of dropping out, who don't benefit from aggregate
improvements in student retention.
"The path to a successful career can be difficult to navigate,
and too many of our young people are getting lost along the way,"
said Dominic Rotondi, Executive
Director, Peterson's/Nelnet. "We're proud to partner with CPP and
OnVal to give students more control over their futures than has
ever been possible before."
About CPP, Inc.
Since its founding in 1956, CPP, Inc. has been a leading
publisher and provider of innovative products and services for
individual and organizational development, supplying reliable
training solutions to businesses of all sizes, including the
Fortune 500. The company's hundreds of offerings have been used by
millions of individuals in more than 100 countries, in more than 20
languages, to help people and organizations grow and develop by
improving performance and increasing understanding. Among CPP's
world-renowned brands and services are the Myers-Briggs Type
Indicator®, Strong Interest Inventory®,
Thomas-Kilmann Conflict Mode Instrument (TKI), FIRO®,
CPI 260®, and California Psychological Inventory™ (CPI™)
assessments; and CPP Professional Services. For more information
about CPP, visit CPP.com.
About Peterson's Publishing
Peterson's Publishing has more than 45 years of experience
helping students and their families succeed in their lifelong
educational journey. As a Nelnet company, our business segments
provide parents, students and schools access to more online
educational resources, higher education planning tools and
educational loan services than any other company in the nation. For
more information, visit PetersonsPublishing.com.
About Nelnet
Nelnet (NYSE: NNI) provides innovative educational services
in loan servicing, payment processing, education planning and asset
management. These products and services help students and families
plan, prepare and pay for their education, while making
administrative and financial processes more efficient for schools
and financial institutions. For more information, visit
Nelnet.com.
About OnVal
OnVal provides an online simulation and decision support
platform. This technology powers products that enable
businesses, consumers and institutions to quantify complex
processes and receive actionable guidance that increase the
likelihood of success and decrease costs. For more information,
visit OnVal.com.
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, Myers-Briggs, and MBTI are
trademarks or registered trademarks of the MBTI Trust, Inc. Strong
Interest Inventory, FIRO, and CPI 260 are registered trademarks and
California Psychological Inventory and CPI are trademarks of CPP,
Inc.
Contact:
Michael Burke
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Leah
Walling
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MSR
Communications
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CPP,
Inc.
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(415)
989-9000
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(800)
624-1765
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michael@msrcommunications.com
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lwalling@cpp.com
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SOURCE CPP, Inc.