Grad Bridgeway is supported by Opportunity Partners, including colleges, training providers, apprenticeship programs, unions, employers, workforce organizations, and community initiatives. Their participation helps make the managed career-awareness network available to participating high schools at no cost.

Grad Bridgeway helps Michigan schools promote:College and university programsSkilled trades and apprenticeshipsCareer and technical education pathwaysWorkforce-training programsLocal career and employment opportunitiesScholarships, financial-aid resources, and FAFSA eventsCollege visits, career fairs, application deadlines, and other school eventsSchool counseling resources and post-graduation planning informationIn short, Grad Bridgeway helps schools make real post-graduation opportunities more visible and easier for students to explore.

Yes. Opportunity Partners pay to participate in the Grad Bridgeway network and receive scheduled visibility on Grad Bridgeway displays located in participating schools. However, this is not unrestricted advertising space.All content must relate to appropriate education, training, apprenticeship, employment, workforce-development, or post-graduation opportunities. Grad Bridgeway manages content development, scheduling, and publishing, and participating schools retain oversight of the content presented to their students. Opportunity Partners do not receive direct or unrestricted access to the displays.

Grad Bridgeway provides high schools with four to five digital display floor models.  We place each model in a high-traffic area in the high school community. Grad Bridgeway is not an advertising company.  We do not advertise to students, or collect any information, nor do we require a login.  Our content is school approved, and geared to help students discover employment or career centered instruction for a brighter future; both during and after graduation. We are a full-service career exploration network, and our opportunity partners are colleges, unions, trade schools, apprenticeship programs, military agencies, and more. Our digital signage content does not replace school counselors however help support ongoing career awareness across the school community, with daily repetitive exposure.

The service is built for Michigan middle and high school students. Currently we are focused on only high school students. Grad Bridgeway helps students explore local and broader career pathway options, in a school-friendly format. We partner with high schools throughout Michigan to strategically install 55 inch display floor models to introduce students to career and apprenticeship program with our contracted opportunity partners, in addition to future employment opportunities for after high school.

No. Grad Bridgeway is designed to support counselors, educators, CTE programs, career-planning platforms, and existing college-and-career readiness efforts—not replace them.Counselors help students develop individualized plans and make informed decisions. Grad Bridgeway adds a consistent visual-awareness layer that keeps college, training, apprenticeship, and career opportunities visible throughout the school day. That repeated exposure can help students recognize more pathways and begin stronger conversations with counselors, educators, and their families.

Grad Bridgeway features approved organizations that offer legitimate education, training, apprenticeship, workforce, and career opportunities for students.Participating organizations may include:Community colleges and universitiesSkilled-trade and technical-training programsRegistered apprenticeship programsLabor unions and trade organizationsLocal employers and industry groupsWorkforce-development agenciesEconomic-development organizationsCareer-readiness and student-support programsOther organizations offering verified post-graduation pathwaysContent must be relevant to student education, training, employment, or career exploration.

Grad Bridgeway develops, reviews, schedules, and manages all student-facing content based on established content guidelines.Participating schools may provide content standards for their buildings, and Grad Bridgeway reviews content for consistency with those standards. Schools are not expected to approve every individual message before it appears. They may raise concerns, request a review, or ask that specific content be revised or removed.Opportunity Partners provide accurate information and approved materials, but they do not receive direct or unrestricted publishing access to the displays.

No. Grad Bridgeway is a student-awareness and career-exploration platform—not a traditional consumer-advertising network.Although participating opportunity partners sponsor the platform, the content is designed to help students understand real college programs, certifications, apprenticeships, training opportunities, career fields, employers, events, requirements, deadlines, and next steps.The goal is educational awareness and pathway discovery—not the promotion of unrelated consumer products or services.

Students do not need to create a Grad Bridgeway account to view the displays. Grad Bridgeway does not collect or sell student personally identifiable information through the display network. If a student follows a QR code to another organization’s website and submits information there, that organization’s privacy policy applies.

The school generally provides:Approval to participateApproved high-visibility display locationsStandard electrical accessWi-Fi connectivity, where requiredA designated school contactCoordination with the school’s technology or facilities staffReasonable access for installation, maintenance, and technical supportSchool-specific content standards or review requirementsGrad Bridgeway manages the displays, partner coordination, content development, scheduling, updates, QR-code pathways, and ongoing platform support.

Grad Bridgeway owns and manages the freestanding floor displays used for the network. Participating schools provide approved placement, electrical access, internet connectivity where required, a designated contact, and reasonable access for installation and support.

The standard Grad Bridgeway career network includes approximately four to five 55-inch, floor-standing digital displays in each participating high school.The final number may vary depending on the school’s enrollment, building layout, approved locations, electrical access, student traffic patterns, and the terms of the school partnership.

Yes. Schools retain oversight of what is presented in their buildings. They may establish content standards, raise concerns, or request review. We display content on the digital screens based on those standards. Opportunity Partners do not receive unrestricted publishing access.

Displays are placed in approved, high-visibility locations where students naturally spend time during the school day.Possible locations include:Main hallwaysCafeterias and lunch areasCounseling or college-and-career centersMedia centersCommons areasCareer and technical education wingsEntrances or other approved gathering areasPlacement is determined collaboratively with school administrators so displays remain visible, secure, accessible, and non-disruptive to instruction and student movement.

Content rotates throughout the school day and is managed across the school year.Grad Bridgeway can schedule and update content to reflect:Application periodsCampus and career eventsApprenticeship openingsEnrollment deadlinesFAFSA and financial-aid remindersHiring or internship opportunitiesNew programs and certificationsSchool-specific announcements and resourcesThe exact update schedule may vary by campaign, partner, school calendar, and the urgency of the information being shared. Updates are all done remotely. However, there could be an occasion where a rep may need to enter the school to do a manual update during approved hours, but this is not a common practice.

Yes. If space is available, we will help participating schools promote approved college-and-career readiness content for inclusion in the display schedule.This may include:College nights and career fairsFAFSA workshops and deadlinesCTE programsWork-based learning opportunitiesCounselor resourcesScholarship informationSchool-sponsored employer visitsTesting and application remindersStudent and family information sessionsHowever our service is free for high schools and our funding comes from our opportunity partners, who pay for space on our display's, so space could be limited on certain screens based on availability. If the space is available, we will certainly comply on approved content.

Grad Bridgeway provides quarterly reporting designed to document participating campaigns and student-outreach activity.Depending on the available data and campaign structure, reports may include:Content and organizations featuredCampaign dates and scheduling periodsParticipating school locationsContent-delivery documentationQR-code scans or engagement activityOpportunities, events, or deadlines promotedExamples of student-facing pathway contentReports may help schools and participating organizations document career-awareness and outreach activities. Reporting should not be described as guaranteeing Perkins V, CLNA, grant, or other regulatory compliance. It is the school’s responsibility to submit any information to the appropriate agencies if our reports are equiped to support any state funding programs or resources.

The school may contact its designated Grad Bridgeway representative to request that content be reviewed, revised, paused, rescheduled, or removed.Because Grad Bridgeway centrally manages content distribution, partner organizations cannot independently override the school or publish material directly to the displays.The school’s content standards and removal process should be documented before launch so concerns can be addressed promptly and consistently.

No. The school’s technology director would not be responsible for managing Grad Bridgeway’s display models.Their role would generally be limited to helping Grad Bridgeway connect the displays to the school’s approved Wi-Fi network and confirming that the setup meets school technology and security requirements. Grad Bridgeway would manage the displays, content platform, scheduling, updates, monitoring, and technical support.A school may also designate a staff contact to coordinate display locations and report any issues, but Grad Bridgeway remains responsible for operating and maintaining the system.

A school’s Wi-Fi network should not be noticeably slowed by the displays when the system is configured correctly. Grad Bridgeway content is downloaded and stored locally on each display’s media player, so the displays are not continuously streaming high-bandwidth video throughout the school day.The internet connection is used mainly to download new content, receive scheduling updates, and report system status. Grad Bridgeway can coordinate with the school’s technology director to schedule larger updates during lower-traffic periods and ensure the displays meet the school’s network and security requirements.