b'Employee EducationOVER 60 YEARS OFpursue professional licensing andincrease in bachelors degrees COLLABORATION certification. To help make this(from 91 to 111), a 21 percent The partnership betweenpossible, INL covers tuition andincrease in masters degrees INL and institutions offees from accredited institutions. (from 82 to 99), and a 13 percent higher learning began inincrease in doctoral pursuits 1954. Originally called theTRENDING UPWARD (from 24 to 27).Intermountain ScienceBased on trends, INL anticipates Experience Center, the projecta continued increase of received significant help fromparticipation in employee the Atomic Energy Commissioneducation. In 2018, there (which would become part ofwere 240 employees seeking42the U.S. Department of Energydegrees, a 19 percent increase a year later). On July 1, 1976,over 2017, which had 201 people University Place opened itsseeking degrees. Although the doors on the north side of Idahonumber of associate degreesNUMBER OF INSTITUTIONS Falls. This became the nucleuspursued slightly decreased, of an Idaho Falls campus forbachelors and advancedEMPLOYEES ATTENDED Idaho State University anddegree pursuits all increased.THROUGH THE EMPLOYEE the University of Idaho. TheThis included a 22 percentEDUCATION PROGRAM IN 2018.campus has since grown to several acres of classrooms and laboratories, where students pursue undergraduate andINL student employees took 954 courses in 2018,graduate degrees in sciencean 18 percent increase from 2017 (806).and engineering.In 2018, University Partnerships contracted with the CollegeDEGREE LEVELof Eastern Idaho (CEI) to provide employee students3 99the opportunity to utilize CEI for general education courses and other career-pertinentParticipants Participantscourses. Student employeespursuing pursuinghad access to more educationalassociate degrees masters degreesopportunities than ever before.27In 2018, INL student employeesParticipants 111attended 10 courses at CEI. Lab employees at all levels arepursuing doctoratesencouraged to seek degrees,Participantscontinue their studies, andpursuingbachelors degrees14 |University Partnerships'