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March 2019
Opening Doors to
Technology Careers
We believe that much of our nation’s
talent is hidden in plain sight:
people in overlooked communities
who may lack the opportunities—but
not the motivation or intellectual
curiosity—to join the ranks of our
nation’s growing tech sector.
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What Per Scholas Does
Per Scholas provides
rigorous and tuition-free
technology training and
professional development to
people who are un-or
underemployed.
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Our Vision
We envision a future where
individuals from any
community can access
well-paying career
positions, and where talent
is recognized and recruited
from many diverse
sources.
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Our Values
Our Approach to Workforce
Development is Employer Driven
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We’re not just training
people for a job.
We’re arming people with
transformative business
and life skills that result in
long-term success.
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Our History
1995
Founded to
bridge the “digital
divide” and
recycle hardware
in the South
Bronx, NY
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2010
Third party,
controlled,
random
assignment
(“gold standard”)
evaluation
The Sectoral
Employment
Impact Study
2014
Featured by the
White House as
“what works” in
fighting long-
term
unemployment,
Clinton Global
Initiative, The
New York Times,
and WIRED
magazine.
2012
National
replication
begins - NYC,
Columbus,
Cincinnati,
NCR, and
Dallas, training
800 per year
2016
Per Scholas’
Effectiveness
Proven in
Independent
Multi-Year
WorkAdvance
Research Study.
Approach
featured in The
New York Times.
2018
National
expansion
continues,
bringing Per
Scholas training
to Newark, NJ
with more to
come in 2019.
Per Scholas’ Impact
Evidence drives our work:
A three-year randomized control trial
found Per Scholas graduates were:
● Earning 27% more per year than
the control group
● 48% more likely to report life
satisfaction than the control group
● 50% less likely than the control
group to rely on public assistance
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Diverse by Design
Our students are motivated
and intellectually curious
problem-solvers, and they
have an interest in IT.
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90% of our students are people of
color, a third are women and
a third are young adults who
are jobless or
underemployed.
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I AM HERE FOR…
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Diverse by Design
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Local nonprofit prepares
unemployed,
underemployed for IT
careers.
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