InStride Named to Fortune's 2022 Change the World List

InStride’s Strategic Enterprise Education^TM programs recognized for advancing economic opportunity for workers through education

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--InStride, the premier provider of strategically designed workforce education programs, today announced that it has earned a place on the 2022 Fortune Change the World list. This year’s list recognizes 54 companies globally for innovative business strategies that positively impact the world.

InStride’s mission is to cultivate the workforce of the future by enabling organizations to provide career-boosting degrees, credentials and diplomas to their employees in partnership with the highest-quality academic institutions. InStride enables forward-thinking leaders to create Strategic Enterprise Education^TM programs that deliver business and social impact. InStride’s programs have proven to improve employee recruitment and retention, boost employee engagement, create internal talent pipelines and help businesses close skills gaps to stay competitive.

Fortune magazine’s Change the World list celebrates companies and leaders that have made an important social or environmental impact through their profit-making strategy and operations this year. Fortune evaluates the companies by measurable social impact, business results, degree of innovation and corporate integration. To view the entire list, please visit: https://fortune.com/change-the-world/

“InStride enables corporations to offer life-changing education opportunities to their employees, based on the core belief that an investment in human capital reaps the highest returns for organizations and society as a whole,” said Vivek Sharma, CEO and Founder of InStride. “We are now in the ‘Age of And’ where CEOs, business leaders and corporate boards are expected to drive business and social impact. We must all be good fiduciaries, good citizens and good stakeholders.”

Key to InStride’s programs is that tuition is covered by employers upfront, so that employee-learners can focus on their coursework instead of worrying about how they will pay for their education. College has left 45 million people with $1.6 trillion in student debt while the skills gap continues to widen. InStride empowers companies to alleviate these challenges through employer-sponsored workforce education. The strategic investments InStride’s 40+ corporate partners have made in educating their employees have collectively prevented $628+ million in student debt.

About InStride

InStride drives business and social impact through strategic workforce education. As the global leader in these programs, InStride works with corporate partners like Amazon, Medtronic, Labcorp, Magna and more, providing their employees with access to top-tier academic institutions, strategic learning paths and an innovative technology platform. Guided by its mission to change lives for working adults and cultivate the workforce of the future, InStride has been recognized with Fortune’s Impact 20 and Inc.'s Best in Business awards. Visit instride.com or follow InStride on Twitter and LinkedIn for more information and up-to-date news.