FranklinCovey and the Professional Development Center at the University of Texas at Austin have recently joined forces to offer students and other clients of PDC a training opportunity on issues such as leadership, productivity and developing greater workplace effectiveness.

"The Professional Development Center is committed to offering the very best professional training available anywhere in Texas or in the world," said Liliya Spinazzola, director of the PDC. "Therefore, to collaborate with FranklinCovey on behalf of our clients is a very natural fit. Like PDC, the name FranklinCovey promises high-quality, world-class training."

The first course created by the collaboration is titled The 5 Choices to Extraordinary Productivity, which will show participants how to remain focused on their daily tasks and reduce distractions  they face throughout the workday.

The course will also focus on setting high to goals see better results, being more efficient throughout the course of the workweek and building reliable technology tools and processes.

Another college offering professional development courses is Montana State University, which recently announced its workforce training courses.

While most of the courses are non-credit and offered to give student tools to improve their skills before entering the courses, there are a few classes students can take to receive academic credit.

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