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October 21, 2025
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Fort Lauderdale, FL (October 21, 2025) – Global education company Kaplan has been named to the 2025 America's Top 100 Most Loved Workplaces list. This recognition is a strong validation of the company’s consistent dedication to an outstanding employee experience. The rankings, published as a custom content feature in the Wall Street Journal, highlight 100 organizations across industries that are transforming employee experience and redefining retention strategies in today’s economy.
Gregory Marino, CEO, Kaplan North America, said:
“Kaplan’s recognition as a 2025 Top 100 Most Loved Workplace in America is a true reflection of our people—their passion, collaboration, and shared commitment to helping our students, clients, and partners succeed. By prioritizing well-being, professional growth, and genuine connection, we’ve built a culture where everyone can thrive and feel valued. I’m so proud of what we’ve accomplished together and inspired by the dedication that continues to make Kaplan such an incredible place to work and employer-of-choice.”
Marino points out four key reasons why Kaplan employees give the company high marks:
Community: Creating belonging in a fully remote environment takes creativity. The company’s culture and engagement efforts include virtual events, like trivia and cooking classes, which bring employees together, while the New Hire Ambassador program ensures newcomers form connections beyond their teams. Building on this sense of community, the Kaplan Cares initiative encourages employees to volunteer together in their local areas. By combining fun and shared purpose, these programs make every employee feel truly part of the Kaplan family.
Learning and Development: Kaplan’s Develop U Virtual Conference, initiated in 2021, has become a pivotal part of the company's employee development. With around 60 sessions annually, covering topics from leadership to health and wellness to best practices to harness the power of artificial intelligence, the multiweek initiative exemplifies the company’s belief in knowledge-sharing. Develop U was a key reason why Kaplan is a repeat winner of the Association for Talent Development’s prestigious BEST Awards, the industry’s most coveted recognition.
Emerging Leader: The Emerging Leader Program is a dynamic eight-week leadership development experience designed to equip high-potential employees with the core skills, mindset, and confidence needed to lead in today’s fast-paced and evolving workplace. This program supports individuals transitioning into leadership roles or those identified as future leaders within Kaplan.
Recognition: Appreciating and celebrating employees' achievements are integral to Kaplan’s organizational culture. Through awards like the Kaplan Way Awards (KWA) and Spirit of Kaplan, as well as intra-departmental recognition programs, Kaplan ensures that commendation and gratitude are part of its everyday operations.
Earlier this year, Kaplan was named to the 2025 Top 100 Global Most Loved Workplaces list.
Research was conducted by Best Practice Institute (BPI) using the proprietary Love of Workplace Index® and advanced sentiment analysis. This methodology captures how employees truly experience their workplace—measuring emotional connection, collaboration, respect, alignment of values, and achievement. More than 2.8 million U.S. employees were surveyed across companies of all sizes and industries. Hundreds of executives were also interviewed to provide context on culture, leadership, and strategy.
Kaplan, Inc. is a global education company that helps individuals and institutions advance their goals in an ever-changing world. Our broad portfolio of solutions helps students and professionals further their education and careers, universities and educational institutions attract and support students, and businesses maximize employee recruitment, retention, and development. Stanley Kaplan founded our company in 1938 with a mission to expand educational opportunities for students of all backgrounds. Today, our thousands of employees working in 27 countries/regions continue Stanley’s mission as they serve about 1.3 million students and professionals, 16,000 corporate clients, and 2,700 schools, school districts, colleges, and universities worldwide. Kaplan is a subsidiary of the Graham Holdings Company (NYSE: GHC). Learn more at kaplan.com.
Russell Schaffer
russell.schaffer@kaplan.com
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