Four years ago, a South Dakota-based health care organization developed a partnership with a local university to offer an online nursing degree program for its employees. Around the same time, an Illinois manufacturer brought a local university on-site to deliver an accelerated bachelor’s degree program, customized to the needs of the company. Companies are increasingly banding together with their own competitors to work with educational institutions on industry-focused online degree programs.
Partnerships with colleges and universities can help provide training activities that are specifically designed for your workforce and business needs, and they can do so in a cost-effective way. But many CLOs choose to “go it alone”—using in-house trainers or bringing individual trainers from commercial firms on-site for company-sponsored education and training opportunities. Since the quality of this training is often very high, what is the added value of a partnership with a higher-education institution?
Collaborating With Universities to Create a Continuous Learning Culture
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