YouScience, an American Fork-based college and career preparation company, announced today the acquisition of the National Center for College and Career Transitions (NC3T). The Columbia, Maryland-based NC3T helps schools and districts develop strategies around career-connected learning and equips schools and educators with the necessary tools to efficiently manage career-related activities and work-based learning (WBL) programs.
The acquisition of NC3T further accelerates YouScience’s strategy to help students succeed in their college and career journey by identifying their aptitudes and connecting them to their best-fit career and educational pathways, the company said in a release. Through the acquisition, YouScience will integrate NC3T’s work-based learning platform, Seamless WBL, with YouScience’s Discovery aptitude assessment and Precision Exams industry certifications to better support districts, schools, and educators in preparing students for college and careers. In addition, YouScience will now offer NC3T’s professional development, workshops and consulting services.
“Work-based learning and career-informed classroom resources are a natural complement to our mission to empower every student, regardless of race, gender, geography or environment, to find their best-fit educational and career pathway,” said Edson Barton, founder and CEO of YouScience. “Supporting educators in their efforts to uplift both students and their communities is at the heart of who we are and what we do. It is at the heart of who NC3T is. This acquisition strengthens our ability to create informed and empowered students through career-connected education.”
“YouScience is making important contributions that align with our mission: Every learner with a dream and a plan, and every community with a capable and ready workforce,” said Hans Meeder, resident of NC3T. “We’re excited to combine forces with YouScience as we continue to support career-connected learning in schools across the nation.”