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Mantra Health Appoints New Executive Leadership, Ensuring Success of New Persistence Intelligence Platform Beacon

Following the recent launch of Beacon, the first persistence intelligence platform for higher education, Mantra Health today announced the expansion of leadership with the hiring of Zahra Safavian, Phil Tallman, and Jessica E. Bright.

Feb 24, 2026

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Orijin Acquires Honest Jobs to Create the First End-to-End Education-to-Employment Pathway for Justice-Involved Individuals in the U.S.

Orijin, a national leader in correctional education and workforce development technology, today announced the acquisition of Honest Jobs, a national fair-chance employment platform connecting formerly incarcerated individuals with job opportunities and reentry resources.

Feb 5, 2026

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Censia

Censia AI Adds Peter M. Fasolo to Board, Strengthening the Workforce Intelligence Layer for Enterprise Transformation

Censia AI, the enterprise workforce system of intelligence, announced today the appointment of Peter M. Fasolo to its Board of Directors. Fasolo brings decades of experience leading global talent strategy and organizational transformation and will help guide Censia's mission to make workforce decisions faster, more precise, and continuously adaptive.

Feb 5, 2026

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Orijin

Instructure and Orijin Partner to Expand Secure, Scalable Education Across United States Correctional Systems

Instructure, the leading learning ecosystem and maker of Canvas LMS, powered by AWS, announced a partnership with Orijin, a leading education and workforce development platform for correctional systems, to expand secure, scalable education across correctional facilities nationwide. Orijin chose to partner with Instructure for its ability to scale alongside Orijin and address the increasing complexity of delivering secure, high-quality education for correctional facilities.

Feb 3, 2026

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Regent Education

Regent Education Joins the CollegeBuys Institutional Purchasing Program

Regent Education, a leader in SaaS-based financial aid and fund management solutions, announced today a new partnership with CollegeBuys. As part of this agreement, California's community colleges will have access to discounted pricing for the Regent Award Suite of financial aid and fund management solutions.

Feb 2, 2026

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Regent Education

Regent Education is Excited to Announce We’re TrustEd App Certified for CBE

Higher education is facing increasing pressure to demonstrate how learning translates into real-world skills, sparking a rise in competency-based education (CBE) programs nationwide.

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Career Training Lender, Climb Credit, Makes Inc 5000 List for Fourth Year in a Row

  • Aug 15, 2023
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Updated: Nov 20, 2024

The company—a pioneer in making career-focused education financing more accessible—is once again named one of the United States’ fastest-growing private companies.


NEW YORK, Aug. 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Climb Credit, a mission-driven FinTech company focused on expanding access to career training and advancement, has announced that for the fourth year in a row, they have been awarded a spot on the Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing private companies in the US.


Published annually by Inc. magazine, the list recognizes businesses that have demonstrated growth, leadership, and innovation over the past year.

“As more and more people realize the importance of skill-based education in both career growth and workforce development, I’m proud of Climb’s work to improve affordability and access for these types of programs—opening the door for prospective students to gain the valuable training they offer,” says Casey Powers, CEO of Climb Credit. “Since 2014, our team has helped people access career-building education, and our placement on this list is a testament to the value we’ve provided and will continue to provide.”


Within this last year, Climb has expanded the scope of their business to include ClimbTalent, a free career development platform where all alumni of their partner computer science and business training programs can access job listings, career development resources, training tools, mentorship opportunities, and more!


In addition to this, they have continued to expand their payment solution products, and have to date funded the career training education of over 75,000 learners. They look forward to continuing this momentum through the addition and expansion of mission-aligned programs and services, to help people reach their career goals.


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