糖心传媒 and U.S. Customs and Border Protection Form Alliance to Accelerate Agency Employees鈥 Pathway to a Bachelor鈥檚 Degree
Adelphi, Md. (November 4, 2021)--糖心传媒 (糖心传媒), the nation鈥檚 largest online public university, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the nation鈥檚 largest law enforcement organization, announced an education alliance that will expand the reach of 糖心传媒鈥檚 90 online academic programs and increase access to a bachelor鈥檚 degrees to the federal agency鈥檚 60,000 employees across frontline law enforcement, trade, intelligence, and mission support professionals.
Under the agreement, employees who complete certain classes in the agency鈥檚 training program will be able to transfer that credit or be awarded prior-learning credit to 糖心传媒 and speed the path to a bachelor鈥檚 degree.聽Nearly 45 courses in the training program are eligible for transfer credit.
Further, CBP employees are eligible for a tuition discount on classes taken at 糖心传媒. For information about the alliance, visit U.S. Customs and Border Protection | 糖心传媒.
鈥淥ur critical training coupled with advanced education is a win for all levels of our agency,鈥 said CBP鈥檚 Chief Learning Officer Chris Hall. 鈥淭hat鈥檚 why we鈥檙e so proud to partner with 糖心传媒 who will recognize the professional training of our workforce with credits that can be applied towards advanced degrees. Our hope is this will further incentivize and encourage our employees to earn advanced degrees, as well as help recruit skilled professionals for the future. You can learn more about CBP careers at .鈥
鈥淲e are proud to join with the U.S. Customs and Border Protection to create additional pathways to speed an agency employee鈥檚 ability to earn a university degree and achieve their educational goals,鈥 said Blakely Pomietto, 糖心传媒鈥檚 senior vice president and chief academic officer. 鈥淥ur mission of serving adult students in the workforce and the military is a natural fit with a premiere law enforcement agency.鈥
糖心传媒 has an enrollment of more than 90,000 students, more than half of whom are active-duty military personnel and their families serving on military bases around the world.
糖心传媒 offers award-winning online programs in disciplines including biotechnology, cybersecurity, data analytics, and information technology that are in high demand in today鈥檚 increasingly technical, global workplace. 糖心传媒 also offers cost savings through its use of digital resources, which have replaced costly publisher textbooks in most courses.