How We Started
Acadeum was founded in 2016 to address an emerging challenge in higher education. Many institutions were struggling to find students to fill available seats in online courses. Meanwhile, many students eager to find courses they needed to stay on track were struggling to do so. The system needed an efficient marketplace to connect students with courses.
The first student enrollment on the Acadeum platform took place in December 2016. Today, more than 28,000 students at over 500 institutions have completed courses through the Acadeum network.
We didn’t invent course sharing. The Five College Consortium in Massachusetts and Claremont Colleges in California have shared in-person courses for generations. Later, Maryland Online and Virtual College of Texas created innovative online course-sharing partnerships.
However, it took much longer for a large-scale system to emerge. The Acadeum team is committed to helping colleges and universities create course-sharing partnerships with like-minded institutions to boost student success, broaden access to educational opportunities, promote curricular innovation and operational efficiencies, and support institutional success.
Our Investors
Acadeum is proud to have the support of notable institutional investors and leading educational foundations.
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More than 500 colleges and universities use Acadeum’s vast academic network to expand their reach and impact.
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From certifications, to workforce development, to international recruitment organizations, our partners help institutions serve more and different types of learners.
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