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This is my first time using tuition assistance...

And I'm enrolled in college...

“I’ve never used tuition assistance before, but I’m already enrolled in college. How can you help me?”

Great to see you’ve already gotten started on your college journey! On a quick advising call, your advisor from Pearson Accelerated Pathways will review your current plans and goals to discover if they can improve your college experience.

You may be able to benefit from:

Reduced out-of-pocket expenses

In reviewing your current college plans, your advisor will search for opportunities to reduce your overall tuition expense. By finding ways for your tuition assistance to cover more, your advisor can help you reduce your out-of-pocket college costs.

Increased flexiblity

Your advisor will also help you find as many ways as possible to save time. By giving you the ability to trade out rigid classroom-based courses for more flexible online options, you will be able to successfully balance work, study, and life.

Expert college guidance

Most college advisors don’t take time to ensure you’re pursuing the most efficient and effective path to attain your educational and career goals. Our advisors are different. They’ll review your plans so you can feel confident that you’re not making any costly mistakes.

And I'm NOT enrolled in college...

“I’ve never used my tuition assistance benefits, and I’m not enrolled in college yet. How can you help me?”

You’re in the perfect place to get the most benefit from Tuition 2.0! Since you're at the beginning of your college journey and have so many options in front of you, you’ll have the most flexibility to cut cost, time, and streamline your degree-completion process.

Tuition 2.0 will help you:

Make the best educational choice

Your advisor from Pearson Accelerated Pathways will take the time to fully understand your educational and professional goals, ensuring you’re on the right path to reaching them. They’ll help you build a degree plan that won’t waste your time and is applicable to your life and goals.

Reduce out-of-pocket expenses

Since you're at the beginning of your college journey, you’ll have plenty of opportunities to reduce your out-of-pocket costs. Your advisor will help you find as many cost-saving opportunities as possible and build them right into your degree plan.

Reduce time to graduation

By building in flexible, online courses wherever possible (reducing the need to drive to a college or sit through a lecture), your advisor can help you build a college degree plan that fits around your life, rather than the other way around.

Make the college process easy

You’ll be paired with one advisor, one point of contact who will lead you through the entire college process. From applying to college to registering for courses to applying for graduation, your advisor will help you streamline the entire college process.

I've used my tuition assistance benefits before...

And I'm enrolled in college...

“I’ve used my tuition assistance before, but I’m not enrolled in college. How can you help me?”

You don’t want to use your tuition assistance dollars without a plan. That will likely cost you time and money, not to mention the risk of wasted credit down the road. Your advisor from Pearson Accelerated Pathways will help you build a college degree plan designed to help you reach your goals without any wasted time, money, or credit.

Your advisor will help you:

Choose a college and degree

Your advisor is a college expert. They’ll review your educational situation and help you choose the college and degree that will ensure you are able to achieve your educational and career goals.

Ensure your current credit transfers

If you already have college credit under your belt, losing it would just waste your time and money. That’s why your advisor will make it their priority to help you choose a college and degree that will honor as many of those hard-earned credits as possible.

Get moving again

Working and studying isn’t easy for anyone, especially if you have a family or other important responsibilities vying for your time. Your advisor will help you develop a flexible college plan that fits around your life. You’ll also get support from a success coach who will equip you with the tools and motivation to balance work, school, and life.

Reduce out-of-pocket expenses

When reviewing your educational plans, your advisor will help you find as many opportunities as possible to lower your college tuition and reduce your out-of-pocket expenses. The more value they can squeeze out of your tuition assistance benefits, the less you will spend yourself.

And I'm NOT enrolled in college...

“I’ve used tuition assistance already, and I’m also enrolled in college. How can you help me?”

You're well on your way to completing your degree! It’s important to get an impartial third party to review your plans to find possible ways to maximize your tuition assistance benefits. This process will be quick and painless. Your advisor from Accelerated Pathways will simply review your current college plan to ensure you’re on the best path for you.

You can expect your advisor to:

Perfect your college plan

Your advisor will review your current educational situation (any credits you’ve already earned) as well as your future educational and professional goals to ensure you’re taking the right courses to reach your goals. They’ll also remove any potential roadblocks they find in order to give you a smoother degree completion journey.

Save you time, if possible

Depending on how far you’ve gotten, your advisor may be able to help you save time on your degree through flexible, self-paced, online courses. Whether you’re hoping to finish faster or simply make more time in your life for hobbies, family, and professional development, your advisor will look for ways to help.

Save you money, if possible

Your advisor is dedicated to helping you graduate college with as little out-of-pocket expense as possible. As they review your current educational plans, they’ll look for ways to help you squeeze the maximum benefit from your tuition assistance dollars, reducing the cost of your overall degree.

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Maximize your tuition reimbursement dollars

By reducing your college costs, we'll help your tuition assistance go further, saving you even more on out-of-pocket costs.

Did you know students lose 43% of college credits during college transfer?

If you have previously attended college, we can help you avoid losing hard-earned college credits by building a degree plan that outlines how your previously earned credit can transfer into the college of your choice. And we'll even help you find other ways to save money on your college education in the process!

1. GAO. (2017). Students Need More Information to Help Reduce Challenges in Transferring College Credits. https://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-17-574

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Live your best life.

Advance your career without going into debt. Our team of academic counselors will research on your behalf, matching you to the college and degree programs that best suit your goals and budget.

We can help employees who have:

Attended one or more colleges
Earned 60 credits or less
Never been to college and are ready to get started!

$1.78 trillion

total U.S. student loan debt.

$58,238

owed per U.S. household in student debt

45 million

1 in 5 Americans have student loan debt.

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Source: https://www.nerdwallet.com/article/loans/student-loans/student-loan-debt

Find the best college for you.

Our College Options Report compares several college programs and finds the options that will save you the most time and money on your bachelor's degree.

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Get support to help reach your goals.

With The Verizon TAP Program and Pearson, you'll gain access to an academic advisor who will help you leverage your previous transfer credit and use flexible, online courses to maximize your tuition assistance benefit, helping you graduate faster. Your success coach will support you throughout the program—helping you balance your academic pursuits with your work and life.

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Reduced graduation time and degree costs

Full support from initial consultation through graduation

Funding for education supported by your employer

Degree plan aligned to your job and career objectives

Transfer policy and course catalog research behind hundreds of degrees at thousands of schools

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Expertise

Support

Value

Committment

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Complete your degree on your terms

Through the Global Digital Classroom, we will provide you with the ability to learn in a mode that is meaningful to you. If you want to learn at your own pace, we’ll help you take online, self-directed college courses. If you are looking for more structure, try out our instructor-led cohort based online courses.

Your coach can help you decide the optimal way for you to take courses before enrolling in a college, saving you both time and money on your degree. By aligning the courses you take through us to your school’s transfer credit policy, we can guarantee the credit you earn will be accepted by the college you want to graduate from.

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Did you know?

Colleges limit the amount of credit that can be transferred into their institution. Typically a student can only transfer 60 credits or less! This is because colleges want to regulate student outcomes to ensure students reflect their academic standards while also capturing the maximum revenue per student.

This is part of the reason the average college student loses almost half their credits upon transfer.³

Another cause of lost credit has to do with accreditation. Every legitimate college is accredited, but not all accreditation is equal. Regional Accreditation is the most widely recognized form of accreditation in the U.S., with 85% of colleges and universities fall into this category. If the college credit a student earns is not regionally accredited, it's very unlikely to transfer to another college.

Regionally Accredited Institution

Considered the most prestigious and widely-recognized type of accreditation, regionally-accredited schools are reviewed by their designated regional agency.

May be more expensive than nationally-accredited schools.

Mostly academic, non-profit institutions (must fundraise in order to meet their budget via private donations, federal grants and legacy giving).

Typically, regionally-accredited schools do not accept credits from nationally-accredited schools. Credits are easily transferred to other regionally-accredited schools.

Nationally Accredited Institution

Nationally-accredited agencies review institutions of similar type such as career, vocational, and technical schools.

May be less expensive than regionally-accredited schools.

Predominately for-profit institutions (earn revenue via enrollment or selling educational products). They may also have shareholders they must answer to.

Typically, nationally-accredited schools will accept credits from both regionally- and nationally-accredited schools. Credits are not transferable to a regionally-accredited college.

3. GAO. (2017). Students Need More Information to Help Reduce Challenges in Transferring College Credits. https://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-17-574

Don't overpay for college courses

The average 4-year student graduates with 14 extra credits, costing students an estimated $68,153 in tuition and lost wages.⁴

Not only does our plan ensure you do not take any unnecessary courses on your path to a degree, but courses through Pearson start at just $675—one of the most competitive prices on the market. These affordable courses combined with spot-on degree planning enable us to save our students $30,000 on average!

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4. Complete College America. (2017). 4-Year Myth, page 6.
https://completecollege.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/4-Year-Myth.pdf

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Flexible testing
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