Initiatives

Achieve Career Excellence (ACE) is designed to make professional credentials accessible to students through building “career” bridges, while offering coaching, mentoring and counseling services. Over the past decade, demand for industry-recognized certifications among employers has greatly increased, and NOVA workforce has identified and examined in-demand validated credentials that will ensure students get hired. To alleviate the burden of cost, as students often can't afford to take those credentialing exams, ACE fills that need by subsidizing the exam fees required by professional certifications for qualified students. This will give students a leg up in the hiring process by ensuring they are both academically prepared and professionally credentialed as they enter the job market. NOVA will be committing over $1 million towards launching this effort to ensure that students are employment ready.