Reach University

Reach is the nonprofit university where your job leads to your degree, not the other way around. Pioneering job-embedded teacher apprenticeship programs.

[Reach University @ReachUniversity]

The promise of the Apprenticeship Degree? “It could be a path to upward mobility for millions.” @chronicle @kfieldCHE @AvilleCityBOE #ApprenticeshipDegrees

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[Reach University @ReachUniversity]

@TamikaBartley @SheldonISD We are so incredibly proud as well! Congratulations to our grads, @SheldonISD, and edwell! We are grateful for your leadership and partnership, @TamikaBartley!

[Tamika Bartley @TamikaBartley]

It’s a RAP GRADUATION 👩‍🎓! These are our @ReachUniversity 2026 graduates and @SheldonISD Educators! They did it! Proud is an understatement. #OneSheldon

[Reach University @ReachUniversity]

@CarnegieCorp has made a generous $2M investment to expand Reach's Apprenticeship Degree throughout the Delta Region. This investment is a signal + invitation. Reach welcomes funders who share a commitment to upward mobility to also support this work.

https://t.co/c9sJd1mB1t

[Reach University @ReachUniversity]

@CarnegieCorp has made a $2M investment in Reach's Apprenticeship Degree in the Delta Region. This funding is a signal + an invitation. We welcome funders who share a commitment to upward mobility and a new era in higher ed to also support this work.

https://t.co/c9sJd1mB1t

[Reach University @ReachUniversity]

What happens when we bring employers and institutions together to grow Apprenticeship Degrees?

“Magic.”

Luke Rhine shares what’s possible when workforce leaders partner around a transformative goal.

https://t.co/8wOCtgaghl

#NAW2026 #ApprenticeshipDegrees @RodelDE

[Reach University @ReachUniversity]

Stop Making Students Choose Between College and a Paycheck: The Growth of the Anti-Debt Apprenticeship Degree @BrunoManno4 @citizenross @RealClearEd #NAW2026

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[Joe E. Ross @citizenross]

Computers for all. College, not so much. (yet)

https://t.co/eAMrkZovZg

[Michael B. Horn @michaelbhorn]

What if the problem isn’t that college has lost its value—but that it hasn’t changed enough?

I sat down with Joe Ross, president of @ReachUniversity, to explore a striking question: why did computers become universal, while college never did?

It led us into a bigger conversation about affordability, apprenticeship degrees, the false divide between liberal arts and career-connected learning, and what it would actually take to make higher education work for many more people.

[Reach University @ReachUniversity]

@ReachUniversity is convening leaders nationwide to expand upward mobility for working adults, building strong Apprenticeship Degree pathways through partnership.

Get a feel for our most recent salon, held on the heels of @SXSWEDU in Austin. #ApprenticeshipDegrees

[AEI Education @AEIeducation]

🔊Mark Schneider joins the Apprenticeship 2.0 podcast to discuss everything from degree requirements to AI's impact on the labor market. https://t.co/NV5MRtW0HL

[Michael B. Horn @michaelbhorn]

I sat down with Joe Ross, president of @ReachUniversity, for a conversation about why computers became universal tools—but college never did.

A central theme of the episode: the question isn’t whether college still matters. Maybe it’s whether college can reinvent itself to become more affordable, more relevant, and more accessible to many more people.

A few takeaways from the conversation:

[Joe E. Ross @citizenross]

All about education, workforce, and AI: Mark Schneider of @AEI and Matt Sigelman of Burning Glass joined me and my colleague Anastasia Wickham on Reach University's Apprenticeship 2.0 https://t.co/Fso5AG5oB2

[Joe E. Ross @citizenross]

I am very pleased to see the U.S. House Committee on Education and Workforce, chaired by Rep. Tim Walberg include support for Apprenticeship Degrees in the reauthorization of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act. I want to thank Chairman Walberg … https://t.co/i5jmEEaDPp

[Reach University @ReachUniversity]

Is higher ed due for a radical realignment?

Jeff Selingo and Alison Griffin join President Ross on Apprenticeship 2.0 to unpack what’s changing — and what’s next for higher ed. @jselingo @citizenross

https://t.co/q4YNtyA4r9

[Reach University @ReachUniversity]

The challenge in healthcare isn’t a lack of talent. It’s a lack of affordable degree pathways.

Apprenticeship Degrees are changing that.

Today, we are proud to introduce the Apprenticeship College of Health.

Let's transform every job into a degree.

https://t.co/zmEwWWfHf3

[Reach University @ReachUniversity]

Ready to turn a job into a degree? President Ross joins @Alberto_Lidji to break down the ABCs of Apprenticeship Degrees, where @ReachUniversity is seeing strongest demand, and why AI is renewing the importance of the liberal arts. @citizenross #HigherEd

https://t.co/dT6grG0tDB

[Reach University @ReachUniversity]

RT @citizenross: Scenes from #sxswedu where @reachuniversity took the stage to talk about the Apprenticeship Degree. https://t.co/IyD2tvH33…

[Reach University @ReachUniversity]

@ReachUniversity’s NCAD is proud to support @BHCCBoston & @MassBayCommCol in embedding paid, work-based learning into their degree programs — in partnership with the Richard and Susan Smith Family Foundation and Accelerate the Future (ATF). #ApprenticeshipDegrees

[The Boston Globe @BostonGlobe]

Six Massachusetts community colleges plan to work with employers across the state to launch apprenticeship degree programs, allowing students to work in their fields of study before graduation. https://t.co/KJQ6cXW4CM

[Reach University @ReachUniversity]

What if you could turn a job into a degree?

Join us at @SXSWEDU on March 11 at 11am for “College on the Clock: How Work Becomes a Degree.” Leaders from higher ed, philanthropy, labor, and field-building discuss the rise of Apprenticeship Degrees.

🔗:https://t.co/k9YBk0Kl6z

[Reach University @ReachUniversity]

~ 600 U.S. apprenticeships now lead to a degree — from RAPs with degree pathways to fully work-embedded degrees. What does this signal for higher ed? @NewAmerica, @stradaeducation + @michaelbhorn break this down on Apprenticeship 2.0 with @citizenross.

https://t.co/5D5JmxpESN