ReUp Education

A letter from our CEO

Posted on December 18, 2019 by ReUp Education

ReUp friends, What a year it’s been! As we head into the holidays, we’ve taken a moment to reflect on everything that’s happened over the last twelve months — and we’re thrilled to share some of those happenings with you. In 2019, ReUp Education: Made new friends. This year, our community of partners grew 105%. We now work with 39 colleges and universities in 15 states across the country. Helped more students. In 2019, we worked with over 127,000 students – nearly doubling the 66,000 students we worked with in 2018. An additional 750 students graduated with ReUp’s help this […]

ReUp Education named ‘Innovator of the Year’ by Education Dive

Posted on December 9, 2019 by ReUp Education

We are honored to announce that Education Dive: Higher Ed has named ReUp Education ‘Innovator of the Year’! “The people and organizations that win the Dive Awards are trailblazers and leaders in their markets,” said Davide Savenije, editor-in-chief of Education Dive’s publisher Industry Dive. “Their achievements in 2019 are shaping the future of where the latest strategies and trends are going.” 2019 has been a year of growth and innovation for ReUp. Our unique tech-enabled service allows us to find, support and bring back stopped-out students at scale. To date, ReUp has helped more than 10,000 students return to college, […]

ReUp Education CEO Sarah Horn Selected to Speak at SXSW Edu 2020

Posted on October 24, 2019 by ReUp Education

We are excited to share that ReUp Education has been selected to present with The Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (the State System) at the 2020 SXSW Edu conference in Austin, Texas. SXSW Edu is an annual conference aimed at empowering the community to advance teaching and learning. Horn will be joined on stage by Sarah Bauder, Chief Transformation Officer at the State System, where they will discuss how to scale a statewide stopout solution. Session overview 8 Universities within the State System have teamed up with ReUp to bring students back to college. Investing in learners with […]

The New York Times Dives Into ‘The Dropout Crisis.’ Here Are Our Takeaways.

Posted on August 15, 2019 by ReUp Education

While graduation rate is not the only indicator of success, it’s a metric many prospective students (and accreditors) pay attention to when evaluating schools. Unfortunately, these completion rates aren’t as high as most colleges and universities would like. At ReUp Education, we’re aware of how the declining U.S. college graduation rate contributes to the overall inequalities in society. That’s why we were so drawn to a recent piece in The New York Times. Driven by the desire to address the nation’s education gap, the Times, along with experts from the Urban Institute’s Center for Education and Data Policy, embarked on […]

Eastern Michigan University Partners With Reup Education

Posted on June 26, 2019 by ReUp Education

San Francisco, California: ReUp announces its official partnership with Eastern Michigan University to re-enroll stopout students and support them in earning the most powerful tool for social mobility: a college degree. Over 37 million Americans have some college but no degree, with roughly half of all college students dropping out of school. The reasons students drop out are multi-dimensional. Many of these “Forgotten Students” leave college with mountains of debt (over $27 billion annually) and without the earning power of a diploma. The social, economic, and human potential loss is enormous. While this completion crisis is alarming, ReUp has the solution. […]

Coach Kristin

Posted on June 2, 2019 by ReUp Education

When I coach students, one of the main things I focus on is their why, or their motivation behind finishing their degree. I do this because in my own experience, my why was what kept me going from an early age toward my goal of being the first person in my family to graduate from college. My why was my older brother Jeffry. Throughout my youngest years, my mom worked hard to provide for my brother and I but struggled to make ends meet as a single parent despite the long hours she put in. She instilled a strong work […]