Guild, InStride

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Employer-sponsored education can help workers attain the economic mobility that comes with a college education—without the debt. These services also benefit companies in a tight talent market, and Guild and InStride have emerged as leaders at matching educational programs with big employers. Guild’s Career Opportunity Platform supplements educational programs with career development and one-on-one coaching; it has partnered with huge employers including Walmart, Chipotle, Hilton, Target, and the Walt Disney Co. Guild says its learners represent a broad cross-section of the U.S.: 76% are first-generation college students; 58% identify as female; 52% identify as a non-white ethnicity, and 75% do not have a credential beyond high school.<br />
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Los Angeles–based InStride, a startup that’s part of the TPG Rise Fund portfolio (<a href="https://fortune.com/company/tpg-rise/change-the-world/">No. 43</a>), originates from the groundbreaking worker-education partnership between Starbucks and Arizona State University. InStride upskills workers through programs that span high school completion, English-language proficiency, skills certification, and undergraduate and graduate degrees. To date, InStride has enrolled 52,000 worker-learners across more than 40 corporations; by its estimation, it has helped those learners avoid $570 million in student loan debt.

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