Ā鶹“«Ć½ Continuing and Professional Education, or CPE, is accepting applications through May 31 for its new , a program aimed at expanding access to CPEās career enhancing programs.
The scholarship is funded by CPEās Deanās Innovation Fund.
āProfessional education creates opportunity,ā Dean Susan Catron said. āUnfortunately, these kinds of applied, career-focused programs and certificates arenāt eligible for financial aid, so students must self-fund their education. The āBuild Your Own Careerā Scholarship helps ensure that all adults, regardless of socioeconomic status, have access to life-changing professional development opportunities.ā
span CPEās online portfolio and reflect the high demand job skills taught by the organization. These include Accounting, Professional Coaching, Land Use and Environmental Planning, Ā鶹“«Ć½ Executive Leadership Program, Cell and Gene Therapy Manufacturing, and Python for Data Science.
Prospective students can learn more, view CPE programs that qualify for the scholarship and apply .
The āBuild Your Own Career Scholarshipā adds to the list of CPE scholarship opportunities, including the , which provides diversity-focused, full scholarships to the online , and a forthcoming diversity, equity and inclusion-based winemaking scholarship. Collectively, these programs address CPEās access mission and align with the divisionās diversity, equity and inclusion plan.
Career curriculum
CPE has blended the distinctive academic expertise of Ā鶹“«Ć½ with practical training for more than 60 years, offering a career curriculum that allows working professionals to refresh and expand their job skills for improved capability and job performance.
With 48,000 annual enrollments in professional, academic and enrichment courses and more than 3 million enrollments on Coursera, CPE serves lifelong learners in the growing Sacramento region, all 50 states and more than 100 countries.
John OāNeill is the marketing director for Ā鶹“«Ć½ Continuing and Professional Education. He can be reached by email.