Benefits
and Services
Education for Working Professionals (EWP)
is one of Rensselaer’s four core enterprises and encompasses
a range of programs designed specifically for current and
future workforce leaders with a range of high-end, customized
degree, certificate, and professional development programs.
Program content flows from the heart of Rensselaer’s
research strengths and unique academic programs. Rensselaer
supports this vision by forging strategic partnerships with
businesses, governments, universities, and innovative professionals
who impact society and technology around the nation and
the world. Rensselaer is dedicated to providing an interactive
learning environment for students who are seeking high level
knowledge while they hone their analytical capabilities
and leadership skills and enhance their innovative thinking.
Rensselaer graduates who are executives, senior professionals,
managers, and individuals with high potential— become
architects of their futures. With dramatic increases in
the rate of change, working professionals expect and demand
an academic environment that fits the evolving needs of
their fast-paced world, and Rensselaer responds to this
need through the EWP enterprise.
Benefits to Participants:
Rensselaer’s programs for working professionals benefit
students and their employers in many ways.
The benefits to the working professional:
- Receive an unsurpassed education
from a highly regarded technological research university.
- Interact with and learn from world-renowned
faculty engaged in the latest research.
- Engage in project teams within or outside
of your organization.
- Participate with other working professionals
from diverse companies and government agencies to share
experiences and knowledge base.
- Remain on the job, earning full compensation
while pursuing educational goals.
The benefits to employers:
- Gain competitive advantage by exposing
employees to the latest technological advancements from
leading educators and researchers.
- Strengthen the ability to attract and
retain high-quality employees.
- Realize savings from reduced travel
expenses and less time away from the job for education
and training.
- Maintain employees in the work
force while updating skills and knowledge toward targeted
organizational goals.
Meeting the ongoing educational needs of
working professionals requires an active collaboration between
industry and higher education. The success of this relationship
is a joint responsibility between Rensselaer, corporate
students, and their employers. Participating employers must
be committed to creating a setting that recognizes and supports
the need for continued growth among the company's technical
professionals.
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