Schools grow a repeatable funded-enrollment channel
Formalize employer partnerships, generate student interest, and manage terms, invoices, and reporting through one shared process.
HOW IT WORKS
How EFFA connects schools, employers, and employees.
An employer can pay a college directly by agreeing tuition coverage with the school and approving its invoices. In EFFA, approval starts payment processing: the processor collects payment, deducts the school transaction fee, and transfers the remainder to the school. Approval does not mean the school has already received funds.
SHARED OPERATIONSShared workflow · Illustrative example
Multiple partnerships, one operating view.
Schools and employers follow the same relationship status.
Premier
20% off graduate programs
Strategic
$145 per credit, undergraduate
Other partners
no reduction
Illustrative. Schools name their own tiers and set their own terms.
Active partnerships
- Brookmere University
- Active
- Harborview College
- Setup
- Northstar Technical
- Review
CHAPTER 1 · SCHOOL → EMPLOYER
Formalize the partnership. Put the terms to work.
The school starts with a reusable template and tailors the commercial terms for the employer. The employer reviews and accepts the proposal in EFFA, establishing the agreed terms for the invoicing and payment process that follows.
Who does what?
The school prepares and shares the proposal. The employer reviews and responds. EFFA records the accepted terms and applies them through the supported invoicing and payment workflow.
PARTNERSHIP TERMSShared workflow · Illustrative example
Agree on terms. Carry them into the workflow.
Reusable templates become accepted commercial terms.
School
- Template
- Preferred
- Program
- Nursing Leadership
Employer
- Review
- Accepted
- Terms
- Net 30
The agreement, applied
Gross tuition$2,025
-20% reduction$405
=Net tuition$1,620
CHAPTER 2 · EMPLOYEE → SCHOOL
Employees explore partner benefits and contact the school.
Employees explore the schools and programs connected to their employer benefit, then express interest through EFFA. The school and employer coordinate eligibility and direct billing in one shared process.
Who does what?
The employee explores partner schools and expresses interest. The school follows up, while school and employer teams coordinate the steps for using the benefit.
EMPLOYEE VIEWEmployee view · Illustrative example
Find the partner school benefit and next step.
Preferred school, employer discount, and inquiry action together.
Preferred school
Alderbridge Health
Up to 20%Brookmere University
Nursing Leadership and 3 more programs.
Find employer school partners
Explore program and tuition terms
Ask about the program
CHAPTER 3 · SCHOOL → EMPLOYER
From school invoice to employer payment, in one shared process.
The school submits the invoice with the agreed partnership terms applied. Once the employer approves an invoice, our payment processor collects the payment, EFFA's small transaction fee is deducted, and the rest is transferred to the school.
Who does what?
The school submits the invoice. The employer confirms eligibility, reviews, approves, and follows status. EFFA applies the agreed terms and tracks the workflow.
DIRECT BILLShared workflow · Illustrative example
Approve covered tuition before payment is initiated.
Once the employer approves an invoice, our payment processor collects the payment, EFFA's small transaction fee is deducted, and the rest is transferred to the school.
- 1School
Submit invoice
$2,025 tuition - $405 reduction
- 2Employer
Review and approve
Eligibility and covered tuition confirmed
- 3Shared status
Awaiting settlement
$1,620 net tuition
CHAPTER 4 · SCHOOL + EMPLOYER
Track approved, awaiting-settlement, and paid activity.
School and employer teams can track invoices and payments, reconcile activity, and explore tuition investment by school, employer, and program. Operational reporting helps teams understand individual transactions and broader partnership activity.
Who does what?
School and employer teams review their authorized reports and investment views. EFFA links the available transaction and partnership information.
REPORTINGShared workflow · Illustrative example
Track approved, awaiting-settlement, and paid activity.
Period, course, amount, and status reporting without implying bank reconciliation.
This month
Approved$1,620
Awaiting settlement$1,620
Paid$4,860
- Employee
- Aisha Coleman
- Course
- Patient Flow Leadership
- Line type
- Tuition
- Status
- Awaiting settlement
CHAPTER 5 · EMPLOYER + SCHOOL
Connect funded programs to verified skill outcomes.
EFFASkills connects the programs employers fund to verified skill outcomes.
Who does what?
School and employer teams can review the connection between funded programs and verified skill outcomes.
See the investment.
See the education.
See the verified skill outcomes.
EFFASKILLSShared workflow · Illustrative example
Skills by program
Program details
Funded program
MSN — Nursing Informatics
$870 funded · paid · Synthetic example
Illustrative program
Skills this program is designed to teach
- Nursing Informatics
- Clinical Data Analysis
- Care Coordination
- Health Information Systems
- EHR Management
Synthetic funding, program and skill examples. Illustrative mapping only; no individual assessment, proficiency or achieved skills are shown.
What each participant gets
Employers get a benefit people can use, with approval control
Employers pay EFFA nothing and fund only the tuition they choose to fund. Employers can be set up in about 60 minutes: an account, a bank link and confirming terms. No IT, SSO or HRIS integration.
Employees use their benefit without fronting covered tuition
Explore school partners, express interest, and use employer funding through a coordinated school-employer workflow.
Choose the journey for your organization.
Put education partnerships to work for workforce development, upskilling, and retention.
Bring schools and employers together to make education easier to access, simplify tuition payments, and connect funded programs to verified skill outcomes.