College for America (CfA) at Southern New Hampshire University ( SNHU) is dedicated to radically expanding access and improving the quality of higher education through low-cost, competency-based degrees that are more applicable in the workplace. CfA and SNHU have been widely recognized as national leaders in nonprofit higher education, innovation, workforce development, and competency-based higher education.

Learning coaches engage with students through meaningful and effective communication to encourage pace and mastery of the degree’s 120 competencies. In addition, they are knowledgeable about all aspects of the program and can answer students’ questions. Critical to the development the learning network, coaches are active in the online community and are versed in social media and its effective applications (e.g., forming a peer-to-peer study group) to improve the learning community. In addition, CFA coaches work collaboratively with the CFA team to improve, iterate, and build the program.