For just over 8 years, Ardeo Education Solutions has had one of the best higher education leaders within its ranks – and now we have the proof. On April 6, Senior Vice President of Client Service, Dr. Jonathan Shores, accepted the Outstanding Leadership Award from Education 2.0, a professional conference dedicated to uniting changemakers to […]

It is official! Ardeo is Great Place to Work-Certified. The prestigious Great Place to Work award is based entirely on what current employees say about their experience working at Ardeo. In 2021, 96% of employees said Ardeo is a great place to work – 37 points higher than the average U.S. company.   “Great Place […]

Read the full article here: “More Colleges Are Promising to Help Pay the Student Loans of Low-Earning Graduates” by Kaitlin Mulhere, Money. As competition for students intensifies and concerns over cost persist, more colleges are offering their prospects help repaying federal student, parent PLUS and private alternative loans. That’s according to a recent article in […]

Thanks to our team’s competitive spirit, low-income students in DuPage County will have the opportunity to go on a college bus tour. Ardeo recently partnered with Outreach Community Center in Carol Stream, Ill. to organize a series of team-building activities. Each game was tied to a dollar amount. Teams competed to raise the most money […]

  The DuPage County Forest Preserve is working to preserve and restore the Illinois prairie, and a team from Ardeo Education Solutions recently went out to support their efforts. Ardeo team members volunteered at the St. James Farm Forest Preserve in Warrenville on Oct. 21 to support the restoration of the natural area located just […]

Can college-going be less risky without being ‘free’? asks an Education Week article published in August. Yes, it can. All it takes are two things: Innovative colleges and universities. A powerful promise. How can innovative colleges and universities use a powerful promise to make college-going less risky? Our story starts in the 1990s with a […]

Ardeo Education Solutions President and Founder, Peter Samuelson, shares stories from his life and tips to starting a great company on a new episode of a podcast called Pass The Secret Sauce. The podcast kicks off with host Matt Shields asking about Peter’s childhood. Born in Taiwan to a missionary family, Peter was influenced by […]

  Read more in the Lyon College press release here. Lyon College, a private institution located in Batesville, Arkansas, is the only institution in the state to offer Loan Repayment Assistance Programs (LRAPs) to all incoming, first-year students starting with the Fall 2021 semester. “While we don’t believe the value of a degree from Lyon […]

Read more in the University of Wisconsin-Platteville press release here. The University of Wisconsin-Platteville, a public institution in the University of Wisconsin system, is partnering with Ardeo Education Solutions to offer loan repayment assistance programs (LRAPs) to incoming new freshmen elementary-middle level education majors starting in Fall 2021. “At UW-Platteville, we are deeply committed to […]

“A Powerful Promise” Provides an Inside Look at the Structure of Loan Repayment Assistance Programs (LRAPs) and Their Impact on Students and College Enrollment   Bloomington, Ind., – A new book entitled “A Powerful Promise: The Ivy League Inspired Secret Improving Access and Recruitment at Colleges Today,” serves as a roadmap to understanding how both […]