Increase Access to Education and Workforce Training
Opportunity requires flexible pathways to learning and skills development. Our solutions help learners access education, workforce training, and career-connected support at every stage of life.
Innovation That Expands Human Potential
We create and operate forward-looking education and workforce solutions that support academic success, labor market adaptability, and lifelong learning.
We create and operate forward-looking education and workforce solutions that support academic success, labor market adaptability, and lifelong learning.
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Our Focus
Designing and scaling solutions that work in the real world.
Our focus is simple: helping people connect education to meaningful employment and economic opportunity.
Improve Education and Workforce Outcomes
Long-term financial stability and career mobility depend on more than enrollment alone. Our solutions help learners complete programs, manage student loan repayment, and prepare for employment.
Prepare People for the Future of Work
Artificial intelligence and emerging technologies are reshaping work. Our solutions help learners build resilience, digital fluency, and durable skills.
Sustain Learner Progress
Meaningful progress requires solutions that work in practice, not just in theory. We use data, research, experience, and philanthropic insight to inform approaches that move learners forward.
Our Portfolio
Driving progress from education to employment.
Each of our solutions plays a distinct role, supporting people at different points and helping them go further.
Student Financial Outcomes
Attigo offers a range of solutions to higher education institutions, including student loan repayment support, personalized loan counseling, and financial education. The solutions help borrowers manage debt, avoid delinquency and default, and achieve long-term financial wellness.
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Student Persistence, Completion, and Repayment Readiness
Jurni is an online app that helps students follow through on key steps during school and beyond, using timely prompts and practical guidance that reflect real-life pressures and create lasting habits. Designed to scale, Jurni is available to higher education institutions and employers to improve outcomes like student persistence, credential completion, and loan repayment readiness.
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Our Portfolio
Driving progress from education to employment.
Each of our solutions plays a distinct role, supporting people at different points and helping them go further.
Student Financial Outcomes
Attigo offers a range of solutions to higher education institutions, including student loan repayment support, personalized loan counseling, and financial education. The solutions help borrowers manage debt, avoid delinquency and default, and achieve long-term financial wellness.
Learn About Attigo
Student Persistence, Completion, and Repayment Readiness
Jurni is an online app that helps students follow through on key steps during school and beyond, using timely prompts and practical guidance that reflect real-life pressures and create lasting habits. Designed to scale, Jurni is available to higher education institutions and employers to improve outcomes like student persistence, credential completion, and loan repayment readiness.
Explore Jurni
About Us
Bringing together policy, finance, and philanthropy.
We’re part of Ascendium Education Group, a nonprofit committed to making postsecondary education a reality for learners from low-income backgrounds.
With decades of experience in student loan policy, education finance, and postsecondary philanthropy, we’ve seen where learners lose momentum — struggling to complete programs, connect education to jobs, or manage student debt. As Ascendium Education Solutions, we address those gaps with proven approaches.
We’re more than a passive investor. We take an active role in launching solutions, operating them in the real world, and improving and growing them over time. What we earn is reinvested into new solutions, so each success helps fund the next, multiplying our impact.
Our Strategy
Guiding our work to deliver meaningful results.
Our strategy balances innovation, growth, and accountability in support of measurable progress.
Evidence-Based Decision Making
We use the findings from Ascendium’s philanthropy, including research, data, and partner feedback, to shape and refine our work.
Learner-Focused Design
We address the challenges that matter most to learners, keeping our solutions practical and relevant.
Efficient Delivery
We bring offerings to market with the right mix of technology, partnerships, and development practices.
Mission-Aligned Growth
We pursue opportunities that build on our strengths, expand our impact, and advance our mission.
Continuous Improvement
We set clear goals, measure progress, and adjust as we go to keep our work aligned with our mission and the results we want to see.
