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Exciting new research leveraging Leif's proprietary dataset to establish whether the favorability of ISAs varies depending on the demographic identity of the ISA recipients.

Leif’s platform increased access to education with cumulative originations surpassing… On the brink of a talent vacuum, some cite the technical skills gap in the US workforce as the greatest threat to the nation’s long-term economic prosperity . Leif’s multi-product tuition payments platform helps directly bridge this gap by reducing the risks to students and aligning incentives with schools

Design Tool 1.0It has been a little over a year since Leif made its Program Design Tool available to the public (see blog post) in addition to the hands-on consultative services we provide our partner schools. The modeling framework can be used as a valuable tool for schools seeking to launch an Income Share Agreement (ISA) program. The goal was to power a thoughtful approach to ISA program design across the industry. The approach ensures schools are incentivized to deliver positive outcomes while also providing the necessary protections to students.

Through a global pandemic and unprecedented unemployment shock, Leif’s platform increased access to education with cumulative originations surpassing... Despite a turbulent employment market in 2020, demonstrating continued growth in high paying job placements and an incredibly resilient payment track record for ISAs originated via Leif’s platform.... Through incentive-alignment ensuring the

Leif was founded with the mission to increase access to quality and affordable education. With over five years of operations, Leif has partnered with over 150 institutions, impacting over 13,000 students, and arranging over $150M in Income Share Agreement financing. We have a unique vantage point for understanding the elements of a successful ISA program. It is more apparent now than ever that

In 2019, Leif increased access to education with cumulative originations surpassing 10,000 students…. Meaning more new students each month are gaining the skills and training they need to succeed in today’s economy... Facilitating increased enrollment at an ever-growing list of partner schools. Fields of study varying from Allied Health, HVAC, Trucking, Data Science, Drug Safety and Pharmacovigilance, Software

In the last several years the number of people that have received a college degree swelled to just over a third of the U.S. population—a significant increase over the previous decade. For many, it probably seemed as though the best bet to secure a good, high-paying job was to get a college degree and seek out white-collar opportunities, especially as manufacturing jobs steadily declined.

When more people can afford to earn college degrees, we all win. So why do students alone shoulder the risks of financing their educations? People who have bachelor’s degrees contribute $381,000 more in taxes over their lifetimes than they receive in government benefits. College-educated citizens are less likely to become unemployed and less likely to live in poverty. People with college degrees are also more likely to vote, volunteer, give money to charity, and even donate blood than people who have not graduated from college.