Degreed Academies: Go From Learning to Action at Scale

Jennifer Edwards

Friday, February 21st, 2025

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Estimates vary, but there’s no doubt that corporations spend hundreds of billions of dollars on employee training annually. Yet most of that investment—a whopping 90%—fails to deliver concrete results, according to one key finding.

Why? Because self-led training alone isn’t enough.

Studies show better outcomes come from active learning that’s ​​hands-on and applied. 

How can you ensure your learning sticks? Let’s take a closer look. 

Structure learning to fit your business needs. 

At Degreed, we know that learning isn’t just about consuming content. Learning is about building skills that can measurably impact business goals. Degreed Academies delivers structured, cohort-based learning while developing key skills for leadership, AI, sales, and more. 

Degreed Academies helps your business to:

• Align learning to business goals. You can tailor programs and get people together to address your organization’s most pressing challenges, like closing skill gaps or preparing for new market opportunities.
• Scale development. You can support large or small groups with programs that grow as your business evolves.
• Integrate learning tech seamlessly. You can seamlessly connect elements of your learning and HR systems to boost efficiency and cost savings.
• Deliver measurable impact. You can track progress and outcomes with in-app reporting to ensure learning translates to real-world results.

By aligning learning with business strategy, and by scaling development for maximum impact, Degreed Academies ensures skill-building leads to business growth and workforce agility.

Deliver high-impact experiences to build critical skills.

Degreed Academies provides the high-impact learning experience people need to build adaptable skills and keep pace with industry shifts, all while limiting disruptions to the daily flow of work.

Degreed Academies helps your people to: 

• Grow together. Cohort-based learning connects your employees with their peers, facilitating knowledge sharing and collaborative problem-solving. 
• Build skills through action. From project submissions to facilitator and peer feedback, your people actively practice and refine their skills.
• Learn in different ways. Whether it’s an online module, a live expert-led session, or a blended experience, your employees can engage in ways that fit their schedules and preferences.

With Degreed Academies, employees don’t just learn—they retain, practice, and use new skills.

Focus on driving results, not juggling logistics. 

The features, functions and AI available in Degreed Academies make it easy to deliver deep learning experiences at scale. And when combined with other Degreed products, you can deliver impactful self-led, personalized, and cohort-based learning opportunities across the employee lifecycle. 

With Degreed Academies, administrators can:

• Get the most from existing learning investments. Incorporate content from your existing learning content catalogs to deftly create relevant projects and coursework.
• Fully leverage the entire Degreed product suite: Include pre-built Pathways, AI-powered coaching with Degreed Maestro, Degreed Skills+ skill data, industry insights and more.
• Automate administrative tasks. Spend less time managing cohorts and more time driving impact with automated communications, nudges, and AI-powered learning suggestions.

Ready to transform your workforce?

Cohort-based learning builds skills that stick. Whether you need to reskill your workforce, upskill teams for new challenges, or develop future leaders, Degreed Academies gives you the right framework for getting the most from your learning investment.

Your people are ready to grow. Give them the opportunities they need to succeed. Let’s unlock the full potential of your people—to build your future workforce, together, and drive lasting business results.

See Degreed Academies in action.

Schedule a personalized, one-on-one demo today.