Career Step Announces New Academic Partnership Opportunities

PRLog (Press Release) - Jan. 26, 2012 - Career Step, a leading online school, has announced that it is adding a new partnership option to the academic partner division of its operations. This new partnership model, called Academic Partners (AP) Direct, will allow the partnered institutions to offer the Career Step programs without committing marketing and administrative resources. Career Step will also maintain its current academic partnership option that allows colleges and universities to private label the Career Step online training programs.

“Career Step has partnerships with over 150 colleges and universities nationwide,” said Chris Charles, Career Step Vice President of Academic Partners. “This new AP Direct model allows us to be more involved in the enrollment process for institutions that want to offer Career Step’s quality online training programs but don’t have the staff or resources to devote to private labeling the courses.”

Career Step offers online training programs for medical transcription, medical coding and billing, pharmacy technician, medical administrative assistant, and administrative assistant careers. The training programs are all focused on quickly preparing students for the workforce, and they allow students to train online on their own schedule and at their own pace. In addition, the Career Step training programs include graduate services to help students make the transition to their first job in their new field after graduation. The vocational focus of these programs offers relatively quick, job-focused training to the catalogs of many universities, colleges, and training institutions nationwide.

Currently over 150 colleges and universities have partnered with Career Step to offer its training programs to their local communities. Career Step also has five international partners, including training institutions in Canada and Australia. Regardless of the partnership model, Career Step works closely with its partners to ensure the success of the students in the programs and the courses at the institution.

For more information on Career Step academic partnerships or the new AP Direct model in particular, please call 1-888-355-4144.

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About Career Step
Career Step, a leading online school, focuses on helping students quickly gain the career skills they need to succeed in rapidly growing industries. With over 20 years of experience, the school has trained over 70,000 students in the United States and internationally and offers programs in the allied health, administrative services, and technology industries. Career Step's training programs are offered entirely online, and the school is committed to helping each enrolling student graduate and successfully transition to a rewarding career. For more information on the Career Step programs, please visit www.careerstep.com or call 1-888-355-4144.