As we continue to evolve as a relevant, education innovator, we place significant emphasis on a personalized student experience. We’ve made personalizing the entire student experience the DNA of everything we do, streamlining student processes to ensure students receive a seamless experience, from enrollment to commencement, and making a substantial investment in state-of-the-art learning tools.
This helps ensure our students walk away with a quality learning experience and a new level of marketability. It’s our value proposition.
We have support teams that are fully involved with students from day one. We re-engineered student readiness tests to anticipate challenges and eliminate failure potential, so students complete their programs. We made significant investments in technology learning tools to enhance the experience to ensure all students grasp course concepts before moving on.
Higher-education competition in Connecticut is intense. Post holds its own amidst tough competition demonstrated by enrollment growth on campus and online. Our fall 2019 enrollment at our main campus increased over the prior year, and online enrollment continues to increase as well.
Respected for our honors program, NCAA Division II athletics, and role as a pioneer in online education, Post was among the first in Connecticut and in New England to offer accredited and accelerated degree programs online.
Post remains on trend in developing program curriculum to meet industry demands. For example, our MBA curriculum can be completed in a shorter period and reflects the analytical skills, knowledge and experience that our graduates need to actively contribute to an effective and competitive workplace. In addition, we are among the first to offer an online bachelor’s program in equine studies. Our early-childhood education programs have been accredited by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC). We are the only Connecticut university to earn the accreditation on the bachelor’s level.
Our Corporate Partnership Program includes several large national brands, including Bigelow Tea, Best Buy and Subway. They also work with professional associations, including the Connecticut Society of Certified Public Accountants and the Connecticut Non-Profit Alliance.
Post University is known for its innovation and focus on providing every online and on-campus student an extraordinary educational experience with an unmatched level of personalized support. Post fuels the personal and career goals of its students with robust learning technologies that deliver in-demand undergraduate and graduate degree programs, small class sizes and customizable degree concentrations.
University associates are encouraged to become active participants within the community. More than 43 associates hold positions on local boards and committees such as the Connecticut Community Foundation, the Better Business Bureau serving Connecticut, Main Street Waterbury, Mattatuck Museum, the Palace Theater and the local YMCA.
Last year, our associates served 900 hours of community service at various non-profit organizations. Student athletes served 1,674 hours, hosted 49 volunteer events and supported 23 organizations, in and around Waterbury. Post University also provided more than $200,000 in corporate contributions and sponsorships.
Some of the challenges we face: Developing career-focused courses that the marketplace demands, so students are ready for the workforce on day one, as well as ensuring access to higher education, while also ensuring it is affordable.
We recognize that individuals will face a life-long learning challenge and new career credential requirements resulting from marketplace shifts, large-scale changes in technology and mobility, and resultant adjustments in workforce demand, all as they prepare for their own personal journey of shifting career challenges, as well as changes in their lifestyles, geographic locations and personal aspirations. At Post University, we want to be there to provide this unique level of personalized, value-added learning alternatives.
We recognize that individuals will face learning challenges and new career credential requirements resulting from marketplace shifts, changes in technology or simply adjustments in workforce demand. We also know that people have their own personal aspirations and maybe want to shift careers. At Post University, we want to be there to provide this unique level of personalized, value-added learning alternatives.
Post Makes It Personal. We’re with you every step of the way.
The quality of student learning is our key to the future. It is no longer enough for students to complete the right number of courses. The breadth of their learning matters in terms of success — to individual success and economic success. College is important not only for obtaining a first job, but also for advancement and future success.
Post utilizes a multichannel, fully integrated marketing communications approach to student outreach. The main goal is to reach those that can benefit most from a career-focused, customized advanced degree — whether on campus or online — and to provide prospects with the most relevant information that allows them to make an informed choice as to whether they want to engage with us.
Post Makes It Personal is our unique promise and we are intent on delivering this level of service by providing an extraordinary level of personal student support from enrollment to graduation and beyond.
It is no secret that the presence of a higher education institution brings prosperity to its city. In fact, colleges and universities serve as economic engines by bringing new job opportunities, financial partnerships, business patrons, community-service missions and innovation.
Post University showed its commitment to the Greater Waterbury region beyond the traditional impact.
To accommodate Post’s growth and need for new space, university President John Hopkins, chose to enter into a public-private partnership and renovate the historic Howland-Hughes building, reviving one of the city’s most beloved landmarks. The move, which happened in December 2018, saw the arrival of 400 Post University workers downtown. The project has already brought a strong economic boost to the surrounding businesses.
