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The national Learning and Employment Records (LER) Postsecondary Accelerator initiative was launched in 2024 with support from Walmart. The initiative will boost the adoption of LERs in postsecondary education by focusing on (1) overcoming implementation delays, (2) raising awareness, and (3) fostering collaboration among educational associations who represent the important campus stakeholders responsible for this work.
Work focuses in the following key areas:
A coalition of national associations that represent stakeholders on college campuses have come together to address a common challenge postsecondary institutions face in adapting learning and preparing learners for employment: slow adoption of digital credentials. Many institutions are not yet poised to respond to the increasing demand for micro-credentials, badges, and other digital credentials that learners can use as clear evidence to prospective employers of their skills, knowledge, and abilities. The adoption and acceleration of LERs are viewed as a way to modernize the dated U.S., recognizing that research still finds that employers trust credentials of any type from colleges and universities the most. Areas needing most attention include unclear market demand for skill and competency recognition, perceived high administrative and technical barriers, disparate enterprise data systems, and current business models that do not support LER development.
This work is being led by AACRAO. Since 2015, AACRAO has been a leader in advancing innovation in learner records, supporting over 50 CLR/LER projects across the U.S. The LER includes the Comprehensive Learner Record (CLR), representing the skills and competencies achieved by students during their academic career
Past Lumina Foundation grants, current grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and 2024 grant from the Walmart Foundation
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