Inc. Names Kaplan as a 2024 Power Partner Award Winner in Recognition of Being a Leading B2B Company

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Kaplan has been named a winner in Inc.'s 2024 Power Partner Awards, recognizing leading B2B organizations that help businesses grow. The award acknowledges Kaplan's role as a global educational services provider, particularly its success in supporting businesses and educational institutions through professional development and educational programs.

Key partnership offerings include the Kaplan All Access License for colleges and universities, education-as-benefit programs for employee advancement, and career coaching services. The selection process included evaluation of partner feedback, highlighting successful collaboration and mutual satisfaction. This recognition positions Kaplan among elite companies in various sectors including marketing, health, financial services, and education.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Inc., the leading media brand and playbook for the entrepreneurs and business leaders shaping our future, has named global educational services provider Kaplan as a winner in its third annual Power Partner Awards. The prestigious list honors B2B organizations across the United States that have proven track records of helping businesses grow. Part of the way winners were determined was by evaluating partner feedback, which attested to mutually beneficial collaboration, satisfaction, and success. Kaplan is among an elite group of companies in marketing and advertising, health and wellness, financial services, legal, logistics, public relations, and productivity, and other critical areas of business.

Gregory Marino, CEO, Kaplan North America, said:

“Kaplan is incredibly proud to be recognized by Inc. as a Power Partner. This honor reflects our dedication to supporting a diverse range of businesses and colleges and universities worldwide, by providing their employees and students with a wide array of professional development and educational programs to help them achieve their goals. Our partners understand that Kaplan is not just on the cutting edge of innovation and technology, but committed to helping their workers and students gain the edge, credentials, certifications, and skills necessary to get ahead, all while being an ethical and reliable business. This recognition underscores the trust our partners have in us and the successful outcomes we help deliver around the globe.”

Among the many ways Kaplan partners with different businesses and institutions include:

• By investing in a Kaplan All Access License, colleges and universities can provide all of their students with access to Kaplan’s industry-leading test prep for admissions exams, licensure, credentialing programs, and workforce readiness programs with zero out of pocket costs for students. Kaplan’s All Access License partners include some of the most dynamic historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs). Cleveland State University is also a partner and reports outstanding results.
• Kaplan’s education as a benefit programs provide partners’ employees with opportunities for advancement. These include offerings ranging from test prep for employers to help hourly workers pass the high school equivalency exam, to test prep benefits for dependents of employees, to customized degree and certificate programs brokered with university partners.
• Kaplan offers career coaching and college advising with employers to help employees through their higher education and development journey, from helping them identify the academic programs that best fit their skills and long term goals to general support throughout their higher education experience, to networking, résumé development, job interview preparation, and online brand building.

Journalists interested in reporting on this award and how Kaplan partners with businesses and colleges and universities can contact Russell Schaffer at russell.schaffer@kaplan.com.

About Kaplan

Kaplan, Inc. is a global educational services company that helps individuals and institutions advance their goals in an ever-changing world. Our broad portfolio of solutions help students and professionals further their education and careers, universities and educational institutions attract and support students, and businesses maximize employee recruitment, retainment, and development. Stanley Kaplan founded our company in 1938 with a mission to expand educational opportunities for students of all backgrounds. Today, our thousands of employees working in 27 countries/regions continue Stanley’s mission as they serve about 1.2 million students and professionals, 15,000 corporate clients, and 3,300 schools, school districts, colleges, and universities worldwide. Kaplan is a subsidiary of the Graham Holdings Company (NYSE: GHC). Learn more at kaplan.com.

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Source: Kaplan, Inc.

FAQ

What award did Kaplan receive from Inc. in 2024?

Kaplan was named a winner in Inc.'s 2024 Power Partner Awards, which recognizes leading B2B organizations that have proven track records of helping businesses grow.

What is Kaplan's All Access License program?

Kaplan's All Access License allows colleges and universities to provide their students with access to Kaplan's test prep for admissions exams, licensure, credentialing programs, and workforce readiness programs at no cost to students.

What educational services does Kaplan offer to business partners?

Kaplan offers education as benefit programs, career coaching, college advising, test prep benefits, customized degree programs, and professional development services to help employees advance their careers.

How were winners selected for Inc.'s 2024 Power Partner Awards?

Winners were selected through evaluation of partner feedback, which demonstrated successful collaboration, mutual satisfaction, and proven track records of helping businesses grow.