As posted on FosterEDU blog Year after year contentious dialogue continues to circulate around a four-year college education, insomuch it’s practically become trite to hear about. High tuition rates, swollen student loan debt and languishing employment opportunities for college grads perpetuate the skepticism over a college education that concerns academia, American households, and our youth. […]
Education and Training Innovation
“Education is being re-imagined. In this new world, both ground-based and online schools use a range of learning models that uniquely target wide audiences with different needs. This results in education that differs by consumer targets, content types, price points and even accreditation standards – but all at superior levels of affordability.”
Why Trade Schools Are Becoming a More Viable Choice for Students
Posted in RWM.org By Kenya McCullum For many years, trade schools — also called career schools, vocational schools, or technical schools — have been considered a last resort for some students who couldn’t make the grade for admission into a four-year college or university. And that’s a notion that Frank Britt, the CEO of Penn […]
Why High School Graduation is the Key to Improving At-Risk Communities
As posted on FosterEDU blog A Case for Action Through education, at-risk youth can be transformed into high school graduates armed with academic and professional capabilities and better social and civic skills. Education is the catalyst for bottom-up change and can become the epicenter in successful communities. The high school diploma serves as the most […]
Bridging the Skills Gap
Bloomberg News: Frank Britt, Penn Foster CEO on Bridging the Skills Gap Penn Foster CEO, Frank Britt, appeared on Bloomberg TV’s Street Smart with Trish Regan to talk about the U.S. Department of Labors’ May 2014 Jobs Report. While the unemployment rate is holding steady at 6.3%, and over 200k new jobs were created, the real […]
Online Learning and Training: Reducing Employee Turnover and Improving Productivity
Published in Virginia Human Resources Today Winter/Spring 2014 As the economy continues to recover, companies understand the need to retain their existing and reduce the risk of employee turnover. A Harris Interactive poll reports that employees with excellent training opportunities are less likely to leave a company than those with poor training opportunities. Among employee with poor training opportunities, 41 percent planned to […]
Testimony for the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education hearing
“Preparing Today’s Students for Tomorrow’s Jobs: A Discussion on Career and Technical Education and Training Programs.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouQuuwam2x0
How Technology Can Shape the Future of Career and Technical Education
Published on edtechdigest.com The higher education landscape is changing and the definition of today’s student is changing with it. Gone are the days when a four-year degree was the only option for students looking to advance their education. Today, the number of college students age 25 and older is increasing steadily and now exceeds one-third of all […]
Penn Foster CEO Speaks on the Need for Federal Government Support of Career and Technical Education
Published on timesleader.com Penn Foster, a leader in career-focused online and hybrid education designed to address the skills gap in America, announced its CEO Frank Britt testified this morning before the House Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education to discuss how the federal government can help support state and local initiatives to modernize […]
Penn Foster Corporate Profile by In Focus
Watch this corporate profile of Penn Foster, featuring Frank Britt and other senior leaders:
Testimony on Preparing Today’s Students for Tomorrow’s Jobs: A Discussion on Career and Technical Education and Training Programs
Presented to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education by Frank F. Britt, CEO, Penn Foster September 20, 2013 Good Morning, Chairman Rokita, Congressman Grijalva, and esteemed members of the committee, my name is Frank Britt. I am the CEO of Penn Foster – a leader in career-focused online and hybrid education with […]
