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MedCerts and Pace AI Announce Strategic Partnership to Expand Access to Healthcare Careers Through AI-Powered Training
LIVONIA, Mich. and PALO ALTO, Calif., June 01, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MedCerts, a leading online provider of allied health and IT certification training, and a Stride, Inc. (NYSE: LRN) portfolio company, and Pace AI today announced a strategic partnership to accelerate access to healthcare career pathways through personalized AI learning support for adult learners. The partnership brings together MedCerts’ industry-recognized allied health training programs and Pace AI's personalized AI tutori
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LIVONIA, Mich. and PALO ALTO, Calif., June 01, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MedCerts, a leading online provider of allied health and IT certification training, and a Stride, Inc. (NYSE: LRN) portfolio company, and Pace AI today announced a strategic partnership to accelerate access to healthcare career pathways through personalized AI learning support for adult learners. The partnership brings together MedCerts’ industry-recognized allied health training programs and Pace AI's personalized AI tutoring to provide real-time guidance that meets learners where they are, removing barriers and creating structured pathways into healthcare careers. Through this partnership, graduates of GED Testing Service – administrator of the official GED® test, the most widely recognized high school equivalency credential in the United States – will be the first in the country to access AI-powered healthcare certification training with MedCerts, creating a direct and supported pathway from high school diploma to healthcare training and employment. GED Testing Service has supported more than 20 million graduates to date and serves nearly 200,000 GED graduates each year who earn the credential as a springboard for continued education and career advancement. Adult learners across the United States are eager to enter healthcare careers, but too often face barriers that prevent them from successfully starting or completing training, including language skills, financial access, and sustained learning support. At the same time, the U.S. healthcare system is experiencing an acute shortage of healthcare workers, with hospitals and care providers struggling to meet rising patient demand and maintain adequate staffing levels. “This collaboration reflects what the healthcare labor market urgently needs,” said Todd Goldthwaite, Managing Director at Stride, Inc. “Solving workforce shortages requires more than expanding the number of training seats. It requires providing students with the support to persist, complete and transition into the roles healthcare systems are actively struggling to fill.” “We started Pace AI with a mission to build AI focused on adult learners to unlock economic opportunity for adult learners, from the GED graduate balancing work and family to the English language learner building new skills, to the reentry learner rebuilding their career path,” said Victoria Pu, ...