Trucking to an Education
Who says an education is just for spotty college students? Even the biggest Bubbas in the chunkiest 18-wheelers have ambition and emotions-and maybe that's what Express-1, a national trucking company envisioned when they began the first-ever long-distance notebook learning program for truckers.
Truckersare people too. Even the biggest Bubbas in the biggest18-wheelers have feelings, emotions, dreams-and perhaps that'swhat Express-1, a multistate trucking firm realized when they startedthe first-ever long-distance laptop learning program, completewith tuition reimbursement and scholarships, for itstruckers. Express-1 offers the program through InCab University, a two-year collegeprogram especially designed to work within the stop and golifestyle of the trucker.
The coursework was developed byChattanooga State Technical Community College and TransMarketsTechnologies, a software and systems provider for truckingcompanies.
The system works by the use of laptops-how else?-that truckerscan tap into when they're resting in ther vehicle at astop in Opelousas or unloading cargo in Bismarck. Not any truckercan take advantage of the power of this laptop-based university,and not every professor can teach at it. Truckers must work withExpress-1 for more than 90 days and be in good standing.Professors, on the other hand, must pass an orientation programbefore starting at InCab University, to verse them in the variedvoyages that their lifestyle takes truckers on.
Coursework can range from business management to homelandsecurity, and as long as they start, finish, and pass a coursewithin 16 weeks, the Macbook,Thinkpad and Vaiototing truckers get back 75 percent of the money for theschooling. Express-1 is also giving out two fully paidscholarships to InCab University.
More information is available at -Express-1.com
