For Organizations | Lifelong Learning

By the Numbers

94% Increased Commitment

94% of employees stated they would remain with a company longer if it invested in their career development. (LinkedIn)

71% Job Satisfaction

The 2021 Gallup American Upskilling Study found that 71% of employees say job training and development increases their job satisfaction.

20-50% Reduced Turnover

A recent study found that Learning and Development programs can reduce employee turnover by 20-50% (Green LMS, 2024)

Benefits of Becoming a Partner

Whether you are part of a global corporation, a regional organization, a nonprofit or anything in between, forming a partnership with Quinnipiac makes it easy to help employees expand their knowledge and develop new skills without impacting their work schedules.

As a partner, your company will gain access to customized learning solutions designed to provide a distinct advantage over your competitors. Meanwhile, your employees will immediately be eligible for significant savings on tuition as they work to complete their degrees, pursue graduate study or earn professional certifications.

Corporate Education and Custom Learning Solutions

Our partners also unlock access to an array of education and training workforce solutions, each designed and delivered to address the specific needs of your organization.

Solutions include for-credit and not-for-credit pathways that can be taught online or in person, synchronously or asynchronously.
Quinnipiac will work with you to develop customized courses, future-ready workshops and programs to prepare your workforce for what’s next.
Additional opportunities for professional development include succession planning that meets your employees where they are and gets them to where they need to be.
Micro-credential training sessions with a high value proposition at a mutually agreeable price-point.

To learn more about corporate education or to design a customized learning solution for your company or organization, please contact lifelonglearning@qu.edu.

Tuition Assistance Program

By forming a corporate partnership with Quinnipiac, your organization will unlock discounted tuition rates for your employees, including:

A 10% tuition discount for online undergraduate and graduate programs. This tuition discount is valid for verified employees, their spouses and/or dependent children under the age of 25.
A 10% tuition discount for pre-college programs at Quinnipiac, including on-campus and virtual programs offered to high school students during the summer. This tuition discount is valid for verified employees' dependent children.

To learn more about tuition assistance for employees, please contact Sue Daddio, Senior Associate Director of Corporate Recruitment

Customizable Future-Ready Workshops

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Learning Customized to Meet Your Needs

Building successful, resilient organizations and teams requires continuous learning. Evolving technologies, data and hybrid workforces have changed how employees and leaders communicate, collaborate and make decisions.

Quinnipiac University’s customizable Future-Ready Workshops meet your employees where they are and get them where they need to be.

Led by expert faculty
Hands-on, workplace-relevant learning
Flexibility formats:
- Half-day, full-day and multi-day
- At your worksite, on our campuses, online, or hybrid

Frequently requested topics include:

Leading Change: Equip your employees to articulate vision, recognize barriers, engage stakeholders, persuade, balance competing priorities, communicate and guide change.
Artificial Intelligence: Empower your employees to understand AI fundamentals, identify opportunities, assess risks, integrate ethical frameworks, lead data-driven initiatives and drive innovation across teams.
Leadership: Enable your employees to build emotional intelligence, evaluate performance, foster inclusive culture, coach and mentor, navigate organizational structures and create strategic, actionable plans.
Communication: Prepare your employees to present, navigate candid conversations, resolve conflicts, incorporate data, and concisely and effectively communicate verbally and in writing.
Data-Informed Decision-Making: Equip your employees to understand, interpret and effectively leverage data to support and communicate strategic decisions and navigate organization decision-making frameworks.
Negotiation: Inspire your employees to effectively evaluate benefits, risks and motivations, effectively communicate and persuade, and articulate desired outcomes and benefits.
Risk Management: Equip your employees to identify, assess and mitigate risks while navigating uncertainty and applying strategic risk frameworks to support resilient decision-making.

Additional workshop topics are available to meet your organization’s needs and draw on a wide range of Quinnipiac faculty expertise.

Participating Organizations

Our learning solutions blend custom content with real-time industry expertise and applied learning. Aligned with your mission, vision, values and leadership competencies to reinforce organizational priorities, each solution is developed and delivered by Quinnipiac faculty experts or co-led with subject matter experts. Learning solutions are grounded in learning outcomes to achieve measurable change in on-the-job behavior.

Hartford HealthCare

M&T Bank

ConnCORP

Stew Leonard's

Connecticut Distributors

Pullman & Comley

Assa Abloy

Eversource

In Their Own Words

Testimonials reveal how professionals like you have transformed themselves and their teams, elevated decision-making and built lasting capabilities through our programs.

Mariette J. Collins

Enterprise Learning and Organizational Development Manager, Eversource

"Integrating a course into our Eversource Leadership Development curriculum is a strategic investment in building the competencies our future leaders need."

Regional Nurse Manager of Oncology Services

Past Participant

”Although I have been a manager for 9+ years, this program has been extremely helpful for me to fine-tune my leadership skills and take a step back to look at processes with a new focus.”

Director of Oncology Clinical Professional Development

Past Participant

”The days of learning together with colleagues from across the system in all different roles [were] priceless. We shared ideas, challenges and hopes to do things differently.”

Clinical Program Manager

Past Participant

”I really enjoyed this program! As a newer manager it’s given me so many tools and resources to use going forward.”

Case Study: Cultivating Leaders at Every Level

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A Leadership Accelerator powered by QU Continuing & Executive Education

When a leading organization with over 40,000 employees sought to elevate its leadership capabilities, we partnered to co-create a custom program tailored to their unique culture, challenges and strategic goals.

This case study explores how we designed a learning journey that moved from individual mastery to enterprise-wide impact.

Discover how customization led to measurable transformation

Additional Strategic Partnership Opportunities

As one of Connecticut's largest institutions of higher education, Quinnipiac is committed to building long-term partnerships and driving mutual growth opportunities with innovative companies and nonprofit organizations. From small businesses to regional healthcare systems to multinational corporations, our vast network of partner organizations aligns with our passion for fueling a brighter, bolder future by harnessing the power of innovation and entrepreneurship.

Our partners benefit from a wide range of opportunities, including tuition discounts, internships, sponsorships, recruitment support and collaborative research.

Learn more about strategic partnership opportunities

Are you an employee of one of our partners?

If you currently work for one of our many existing corporate and organizational partners within Connecticut and across the country, we invite you to learn more about the badges, professional certifications and online degrees and programs of study that will allow you to advance your career and increase your earning potential.

Learn more about exclusive benefits

Contact Lifelong Learning

Contact us to learn more about our open enrollment programs or to design custom solutions for your business or organization.

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