Initiatives

133 initiatives are working to improve the learn-and-work ecosystem. Initiatives are focusing in one or two areas, as well as in many areas.
 
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1EdTech Digital Credentials Roundtable: Learn & Lead

2U / edX Bootcamp Partnership

AAC&U’s Revision of Essential Learning Outcomes Framework

AACRAO Alternative Credentials Initiative

AACRAO Credit Mobility Initiative

AACRAO Digital Interoperability Initiative

Accelerating Opportunity: Kansas

Adult Learning & Literacy Network (ALL IN)

Advancing Equity and Upward Mobility through Community College-Employer Partnerships (ACE-UP)

Alabama Partnership with Credential Engine

Alabama Talent Triad

Alternative Credentials: Considerations, Guidance, and Best Practices

America Achieve’s Broadband Initiative

American Opportunity Index

Apprenticeship Accelerator Initiative

Apprenticeships for America Initiative

ASU Pocket

Bendable (Library Lifelong Learning Platform)

BRIDGES (Building Rural Innovation, Designing Educational Strategies) Rural

Business Higher Education Forum’s Workforce Partnership Initiative

C-BEN’s Employer Engagement Best Practices Guide

C-BEN’s Interoperability Principles Project

C-BEN’s Quality Framework

Career Optimism Index®

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Accreditors / Quality Assurance Entities
institutional accreditors, specialized accreditors, national accreditors, quality assurance entities
Career Advisers, Coaches, Navigators
advisers/coaches/mentors/navigators focused on youth & adult populations; researchers focused on career/technical education (CTE) pathways
Community Colleges
community & technical college developments such as program innovations/improvements, serving diverse populations, research, outcomes, alliances/partnerships
Database Experts
database/data systems practitioners, interoperability/standards, researchers
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI)
working to build fairer learn-and-work ecosystem through DEI approaches
Employers
CEOs, HR & frontline managers focused on hiring/training for skills & competencies, job registries/platforms, common job descriptors, diverse workforce, partnerships with credential providers, work/learn programs
Finance
funding models for credentialing options, tuition assistance programs, learn/earn models, tech costs
Intermediaries
nonprofit & for-profit networks/coalitions, membership organizations, governmental entities, think tanks providing services for capacity-building, technical assistance, research, advocacy
International
developments outside the United States in policy, research, cross-national collaborations, technology
Journalists
explaining current/future ecosystem to public & niche audiences including national press & social media purveyors
Learners, Students
currently enrolled & prospective learner seeking education & training
Learning Verification & Transcripting
verifying skills/competencies from classroom & non-classroom learning; building digital records & data tech standards to exchange learning throughout ecosystem
Military
military recording/verifications of learning & work, crosswalks to civilian systems, career navigation services, transition centers
Philanthropy
foundations/other funders investing in efforts to support learn & work ecosystem
Policymakers
federal, state, employer, union, accreditation, education institutions, & community-based entities whose rules, regulations & accountability requirements guide learn/work ecosystem
Prison education
federal & state prisons, jails & juvenile detention centers that offer inmates educational & work programs
Researchers
studying developments in learn/work ecosystem
Schools (K-12)
developments in elementary & secondary education
Student Services
business services, financial services, health services, academic advising & tutoring, counseling, inclusion & community, campus safety, alumni programs, on-campus housing, veteran services
Third-Party Providers
corporate credentialers, nonprofit & for-profit learning companies & alliances
Universities
four-year college & university developments such as program innovations &improvements, serving diverse populations, research, outcomes, alliances/partnerships
Workforce Agencies
federal, state & local efforts to administer workforce development activities, improvements in workforce development systems

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