Education and the Federal Workforce by Dianna Tafazoli

EDUCATION AND THE FEDERAL WORKFORCE

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has worked tirelessly to establish guidelines and strategies to supply the pipeline of talent for future leadership in the federal sector. OPM has partnered with Champlain College to provide a quality affordable education to federal employees and their qualified family members. The college offers degree opportunities in a number of majors that are ranked as disciplines most like to draw and demand the greatest number of workers. Degrees are offered from the undergraduate level, graduate level to terminal degrees in business, health care and health care administration, human resources management, cyber security, digital forensics and other high tech fields.

Champlain College is a small, not-for-profit, private college located in beautiful Burlington, Vermont. It is ranked as 379 Best Colleges by the Princeton Review. In the 2015 Edition and featured in the First Guide to College for 2016 Champlain is rated as one of the best and most interesting schools in the United States, Canada and Great Britain. OPM has gone through great lengths to bring quality affordable education to the federal workforce and their family members. At the quiet small Burlington college there are more than 30 undergraduate degree programs, 12 online undergraduate degree choices, 8 online graduate programs and an on-campus MFA program. In addition, the college offers professional certificates in business, technology and health care.

The federal government realizes that in order to prepare the workforce to meet the changing and increasing demands of industry, education must be at the forefront of that preparation. Obtaining an education in today’s world comes with a very hefty price tag. Many employees and their families shy away from advanced educational pursuits due to unreachable costs. The partnership formed between the government and Champlain is an example of the advantages and opportunities afforded via public private partnerships.

The value of the program will be seen in the next 5 to 10 years when the number of workers and their families has been calculated and weighed against the pipeline needs of the federal workforce.

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