Edcor Newsletter September 2026

EDCOR NEWSLETTER

Did You Know We Can Help With Short-Term Learning?

At Edcor, we kept hearing the same thing from HR partners across our Client base: that employees wanted a guided map to their next role instead of just access to education benefits, and that map had to fit their schedules. Some of those employees were ready to commit to a full degree. Most were not, at least not yet. What they wanted was something faster they could start this month.

That pressure is what pushed us to build and formalize Edcor Critical Pathways, a program we launched three years ago and continue to grow today, marking a major step in our approach to workforce development. However, we offered a range of stackable certificates for your employees to take advantage of, long before Edcor Critical Pathways was formalized, because we know that for some employees, traditional degrees aren’t the best fit. After all, they do not have years to develop the skills they need, and neither do the businesses paying their salaries.

To add, Complete College America found that learners earning stackable credentials are 30 percent more likely to complete higher-level qualifications. And this is what you’ll like about the stats: stackable pathways lead to 40 percent higher retention rates for adult learners.

That tells us something about how people actually engage with this kind of learning. They start with one certificate, get a win, and keep going. Momentum compounds when the first step is small enough to actually take.

How We Deliver?
We work through an extensive network of school partners and education platforms built to deliver fast, targeted learning, and it runs through the same benefit infrastructure you already have in place. A program can be a single certificate finished in a few weeks, or it can be the first rung of something that stacks toward a bigger credential later. It can also be a micro-credential or bootcamp earning certificates of completion if your policy allows for it. If you want to run these as separate programs within a different cost center – that can be done too.

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CEO’S CORNER

Not sure if you know that Edcor is celebrating its 45th anniversary this year, and we’re all gearing up for the celebration along with the upcoming Customer Service Week in October. Our customer focus, agility, and adaptability to market needs have made us the most trusted education benefit provider, and that same commitment is exactly why we made a major move this year.

We brought Academic advising in-house, so we could serve our Clients with the same finesse you’ve come to expect from us at every touchpoint. Edcor Advising helps your employees make sense of options, turn scattered credits into a plan, and choose programs that lead somewhere meaningful. We stay focused on completion, because that’s where value shows up, for the learner and for you.

Keeping up with my promise to “meet the learner where they are”, when someone sits down with an advisor, it feels different right away. It’s a real conversation about them. Together, they sort through credits, schedules, and goals to build a path that fits real life, one that quietly grows your internal talent pool over time.

Click on Learn More to see a quick video on how Edcor Advising helps your employees!

Let’s future together!

Adrienne L. Way, Edcor Owner, President, and CEO

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SCHOOL NETWORK UPDATES

Edcor partner schools respond to the needs of client employees with new course offerings and programs. Read about the steps these schools are taking to serve their students.

Edcor Newsletter September 2026