Kaplan Launches Boost, a Unique Online Booster Program Designed to Help Pre-College Students Focus their Future Paths
May 12 2020 - 8:30AM
Business Wire
Innovative Program Reimagines the Gap Year
with Exploration of Fields of Study, Interaction with
Professionals, Work-Integrated Learning Projects
Kaplan, a leading global educational services provider, today
launched Boost YearTM, an innovative online pre-college booster
program to accelerate college and career readiness. Designed for
pre-college students, Boost offers a focused and thoughtful
approach for those who want to maximize their college and career
trajectory, helping students make decisions on their next steps
with greater confidence, from picking a major to choosing what
courses of study may be the right fit to being prepared for what to
do upon graduation.
With data showing that 30% of undergrads change their major at
least once within three years of initial enrollment1, 40% of
bachelors’ degree holders would study a different major if they had
to do it all over again2, and only 35% of traditional college
graduates feel higher education prepared them for the workforce3,
Boost seeks to help bridge the gap between the college experience
and career readiness. The 14-week Boost Fall online program, which
will run from September - December 2020, will help students assess
their interests and strengths, identify and explore target careers,
understand and build core professional skills needed for their
future and create a personalized go forward plan for their next
steps. The subsequent Boost Spring program, which will run from
January - April 2021, will enable students to apply their learnings
to real world work experiences.
“College is one of the largest investments any family makes, and
yet more and more data shows it isn’t yielding the desired outcome
for graduates, even as college costs increase,” said Megan
O’Connor, Entrepreneur-in-Residence, Kaplan Test Prep. “Boost helps
students make the most out of their college experience and provides
exposure to professionals and actual work projects to better focus
both their studies and career ambitions.”
The program structure for Boost Fall allows for flexibility, and
will offer a combination of live instruction, on demand sessions,
customized study, hands-on work experience projects, live
interviews with professionals in a students’ area of work interest
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 will also provide a partnership option for universities
interested in offering such a program to their students deferring
admission. This option will allow universities to have dedicated
cohorts for their students as well as participate in portions of
the program to stay connected with their students.
The first Boost cohort will run from September 14-December 18,
2020. For more information, go to www.boostbykaplan.com.
About Kaplan
Kaplan, Inc. provides individuals, educational Institutions, 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. Across its
80-plus year history, first as a small test-prep pioneer and then
an early online education leader and now a global education
provider, Kaplan has been recognized for expanding educational
access and using technology and learning science innovations to
continually improve outcomes for its students and partners. With
operations in nearly 30 countries, today Kaplan has relationships
and partnerships with 2,000-plus universities, colleges, schools
and school districts, and more than 4,000 corporations and
businesses globally. Kaplan is a subsidiary of Graham Holdings
Company (NYSE: GHC). For more information, please visit
www.kaplan.com.
Note to editors: Kaplan is a subsidiary of Graham Holdings
Company (NYSE: GHC)
1 Department of Education, NCES Data
https://nces.ed.gov/pubs2018/2018434.pdf 2 Second Thought: U.S.
Adults Reflect on their Education Decisions, Strada/Gallup 2017
report
https://www.sac.edu/research/PublishingImages/Pages/research-studies/Gallup-Strada%20Education%20Network%20June%202017%20Inaugural%20Report.pdf
318 Future Workforce Survey, McGraw-Hill
https://s3.amazonaws.com/ecommerce-prod.mheducation.com/unitas/corporate/promotions/2018-future-workforce-survey-analysis.pdf
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