The NACTEL program presentation will focus on the unique partnership of companies (AT&T, Verizon, Qwest, CenturyLink and Frontier) and unions (IBEW and CWA) and a university (Pace University) and CAEL that has been in existence since 1999. The NACTEL program provides Associates and Bachelor’s degrees 100% online, asynchronously to students located throughout the United States. Many thousands of individuals have participated in the NACTEL program since its inception in 1999, and many hundreds graduate each year. This presentation provides an insight into the opportunities and challenges of such a partnership, as well as some “lessons learned”.