The EdAssist Advantage

The following attributes are viewed by our organization as key differentiators:

1. We take a strategic view of tuition assistance with a focus towards improving employee decision making and reducing overall costs. This is accomplished through our online sourcing tools that are used to help employees access and assess approved learning options. These tools are tied into our education assistance platform. The web based tool provides a searchable education directory for employees and an online college fair platform to assist employees in interacting with approved colleges and universities. The search directory is the only source in the industry with over 1,500 schools and over 100,000 educational programs available to the working adult.
2. This strategic view towards the education supply chain places a priority on "best pricing" from educational providers based upon overall client volume Our supplier platform supports tuition discounts to our clients.
3. The EdAssist business analytics platform provides for "just in time" delivery of key metrics regarding the education assistance program. All Operational, Financial and System reports are automated, user driven, real time and give a graphical view as well as drill down capability and download to MS Excel/PDF format. The report data can be filtered by users to specific business unit(s) or location(s). Some of the key reports are Transaction activity, Expenditure, Spend by school, Operational cycle time and financial summary.
4. The EdAssist tuition assistance platform supports multiple procurement models, including reimbursement and a "patented" disbursement solution that is unique in the industry. The disbursement solution is supported through a specialized pool of purchasing cards that are disbursed through the platform upon approval of each disbursement. This solution is in use at two major clients and won an HR "best practices" award from a major defense client. Each employee approved for a specific set of courses now receives a preauthorized virtual credit card that is tied to accredited universities, and may only be used for the amount approved. This new process has saved one of our clients significant expense in back-end accounting and payroll, and has had a positive impact on employee hiring and retention.
5. Online training and support modules. The tool has a robust online support environment for employees including a number of interactive training modules. This support architecture has had a highly positive impact on reducing support requests.
6. The Software as a Service tuition assistance platform is designed around a multi client service model, which allows for speed and flexibility in software upgrades and support and has been recognized by client IT and business organizations for innovation, simplicity, and strong compliance to industry best practices in tuition management.