Connecting businesses with early career talent

Our proven work-based learning model delivers jobs and economic mobility for college students while supporting employer business objectives

Education at Work helps American businesses tap the talents of hard-working and tech-savvy college students to fill in-demand roles in project management, analytics, customer service and beyond. 

Our corporate partners are strengthening their employer brand, while developing a pipeline of early career professionals to fill critical talent needs.

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Better Business Solutions

The EAW Difference

Since 2012, EAW has delivered exceptional workforce solutions to forward-thinking companies while striving to decrease college students’ financial burdens through positions offering hourly wage plus tuition assistance.

EAW’s tuition assistance program is set up to drive high performance – both inside the classroom for students, and in the business environment for clients.

  • From traditional contact center customer engagement, to specialized customer experiences, EAW’s collegiate workforce has a proven track record of delivering satisfaction going above and beyond industry expectations.

  • EAW provides unmatched access to a U.S. collegiate workforce offering employers a pipeline of smart, eager-to-achieve employees who fill hard-to-fill time slots, including evening and weekends.

    These smart, digital-savvy employees showcase problem solving and critical thinking skills and reach proficiency on key metrics quickly, with reduced training times.

  • EAW's trained and committed workforce delivers unmatched customer support and performance KPIs, tailored to our clients.

    This provides an exceptional customer experience and doubles as a pipeline to diverse talent, equipped to support client needs.

Learn how EAW’s partnership with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona provides the career-ready skills and financial stability needed for students to afford college and succeed after they graduate.

The Impact of Our Mission

While EAW’s collegiate workforce makes a positive impact for our clients, they have also reached remarkable milestones. In total, EAW has awarded over $100 million in wages and tuition assistance.

EAW students have a 90% six-year graduation rate vs. an overall rate of 68% as compared to their institutional peers.

84% of EAW graduates say that EAW tuition assistance allowed them to graduate with less student debt and 86% are confident in their ability to repay their student loans.

EAW Graduate Results

EAW student graduates were more likely to be working full-time and less likely to be unemployed than peers in the local comparison sample or national comparison sample.

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Data Source: Talent Pipeline Case Study

University Partnerships

Education at Work is granted unparalleled campus recruiting access through local university partnerships. EAW works directly with career services and financial aid to identify high-performing, digital-savvy students in fields of study which fit unique business needs.

ASU on campus and off campus jobs, be debt free after college

Arizona State University

University of Cincinnati on campus and off campus jobs, be debt free after college

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NKU on campus and off campus jobs, be debt free after college

Northern Kentucky University

University of North Texas on campus and off campus jobs, be debt free after college

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University of Utah 0n campus and off campus jobs, be debt free after college

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UTEP on campus and off campus jobs, be debt free after college

University of Texas at El Paso

Education at Work has a strong partnership with Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona where EAW has partnered with businesses across multiple industries including, healthcare, global technology, and financial services.

Furthering EAW’s mission to help college students graduate with little to no debt while gaining career building skills.

Let’s Build a Better Workforce