Career & Technical Education (CTE): Building Talent Pipelines
Trade Schools
Nudge Technology
Growth of Digital Tools: Digital Wallets, Skills Passports, and Digital ID Wallets
Antitrust Lawsuits in Higher Education and Businesses
Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC)
Transfer Pathways to the Liberal Arts Initiative + Evaluation by Ithaka S+R
State Approaches to Short-Term Postsecondary Credentials: Challenges, Opportunities, and Policy Gaps – WICHE
College Fluency Capacity Building Initiative
Service-Contingent Financial Aid: State Loan Forgiveness & Conditional Grant Programs
Supporting Adult Learners and Boosting Degree Completion in Tennessee + Tennessee Reconnect
College Cost Transparency (CCT) – Strada Education Foundation
Single Moms Success Design Challenge – Education Design Lab & ECMC
Artificial Intelligence in K-12, Higher Education, and the Workplace
Summer Melt
Fast-Track Industry-recognized Credentials in Manufacturing (Georgia Association of Manufacturers / Technical College System of Georgia)
Overview The Georgia Association of Manufacturers (GAM) is collaborating with the Technical College System of Georgia to quickly prepare workers for good manufacturing jobs. Over the last year, GAM worked with […]
Data Common to Education/Workforce: Student Data, Postsecondary Data, Workforce Data
Data 101 – Data Quality Campaign
Overview In 2023, the Data Quality Campaign (DQC) issued Data 101, a briefing book to inform education leaders, policymakers, and other stakeholders about key topics related to education and workforce […]
Indiana Commission for Higher Education (CHE)
New Jersey Pathways to Career Opportunities
Overview In December 2021, New Jersey’s community colleges and the New Jersey Business and Industry Association launched the New Jersey Pathways to Career Opportunities—Aligning Education to Build an Innovative Workforce. […]
Career Connect Washington (CCW)
Overview Career Connect Washington (CCW) is a statewide network of business, labor, education, and community leaders creating work-based and academic programs for young people to explore, learn, and earn money […]
WICHE Cooperative for Educational Technologies (WCET)
Center for Justice & Economic Advancement — Jobs for the Future
Overview An initiative of Jobs for the Future (JFF), the Center for Justice & Economic Advancement partners with employers, education and training providers, corrections agencies, and others to promote education, […]
Transfer & Credit Mobility Technology
Students Who Are Parents
First-year Success
Tuition Equity Law
College Credit for Military Experience – North Carolina Military Equivalency System
Overview In February 2024, the University of North Carolina System (UNC) launched a new tool to translate military occupations and training to college courses across its 16 public universities. The […]
Ninety-Ten Rule (90/10)
Tools & Regulations Impacting College Selection Processes – U.S. Department of Education
Overview The U.S. Department of Education (USDOE) provides a suite of consumer tools such as the College Financing Plan (formerly known as the Financial Aid Shopping Sheet), the College Scorecard, and the […]
State Systems of Higher Education / Coordinating Boards
Postsecondary Education in Prisons
Texas Policy on Community College Finance – Performance Funding (HB 8)
Overview House Bill 8 was passed unanimously in the Texas Senate and signed into law by Governor Greg Abbot in June 2023. HB 8 calls for strengthening community colleges by establishing a […]
Business Leaders United for Workforce Partnerships – BLU
Overview Business Leaders United is an initiative of the nonpartisan nonprofit, National Skills Coalition. BLU is a free, private business network that promotes inclusive, high-quality skills training policies that build the skilled workforce […]
CASA Latina: Online Bilingual Program – Davenport University
Overview In March 2024, Davenport University (Grand Rapids, Michigan) launched Casa Latina, an initiative that leads to career-oriented bilingual undergraduate and graduate degrees and professional proficiency in English and Spanish. […]
Reentry 2030
Overview Reentry 2030 is a nationwide initiative launched in April 2022 to scale reentry success for people transitioning from incarceration to their communities. The initiative calls on leaders across the […]
State Financial Aid Programs
The Great Admissions Redesign – Lumina Foundation
Overview The Great Admissions Redesign is a grant-funded initiative of Lumina Foundation that responds to the evolving landscape of college admissions. In February 2024, Lumina announced the winners of its […]
Playbook: Learner Supports (Credential As You Go)
Overview Credential As You Go is an initiative working with many partners toward a nationally recognized transferable incremental credentialing system that increases the number of high-quality, post-high school credentials that […]
Income Sharing Agreements (ISA)
C-BEN’s Postsecondary Competency-Based Education Program Model Map Framework
Overview Published in 2023, the CBE Program Model Map Framework was developed by the American Institutes for Research (AIR) in partnership with the C-BEN Network. The framework documents and understands […]
Toolkit: Solving Today’s Students’ Food, Housing, And Basic Needs Insecurities – A Basic Needs Policy Toolkit For Today’s Students To Succeed (Higher Learning Advocates)
Overview In October 2023, Higher Learning Advocates (HLA) issued its 22-page Toolkit to identify critical barriers to student success: Back to Basics: Solving Today’s Students’ Food, Housing, and Basic Needs […]
ReUp Education
Free Application for Federal Student Aid – FAFSA
Employer Tuition Assistance Program / Employee Tuition Reimbursement – Finance
Employer Tuition Assistance Program / Employee Tuition Reimbursement – Finance
Student Financial Aid Models – Finance
GradPLUS loans / Finance Option
Pell Grant / Workforce Pell
New Finance Options: Interest-free Loans & Outcomes-based Loans
Outcomes-based Loans
Technology Systems & Tools in Learn-and-Work Ecosystem
Learner and Student Supports
A comprehensive range of services and resources provided by credential providers to enhance the academic, personal, and career development of learners. Learner supports aim to remove barriers to success on […]
Research: A Typology and Policy Landscape Analysis of State Investments in Short Term Credential Pathways
Overview Many states have adopted strategies to recognize short-term credentials, however, there has been little coordinated information about these developments. HCM Strategists conducted a study (Stephanie M. Murphy, 2023) to […]
Funding Models – Organizations, Institutions
State Funding Models & Short-Term Credentials
Funding models refer to the ways in which higher education institutions acquire revenue to operate. As described by Ithaka S+R, there are significant differences between funding models for public two- and […]
Research Survey: State Priorities for Higher Education in 2023 – State Higher Education Executive Officers Association (SHEEO)
Overview The State Higher Education Executive Officers Association (SHEEO) conducted a survey of “State Priorities for Higher Education in 2023.” SHEEO provided an initial list of issues based on common […]
iDatafy LLC
National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA)
ACT
Work Colleges
Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE)
Lumina Foundation
Western Governors University (WGU)
American Council on Education (ACE)
Guild
National Student Clearinghouse (NSC)
Indiana Governor’s Workforce Cabinet
Ascendium Education Philanthropy
Education Finance Council (EFC)
Postsecondary Electronic Standards Council (PESC)
Strada Education Foundation
Institutional Accrediting Agencies in Higher Education
Workforce Certificates, Certifications, Occupational Certifications, Occupational Licenses
Degree
Certificate
Enrollment and Completion Databases
Adult Learners: Second-chance Options, Accelerated Options
Accreditation
Learning in Public — College Unbound
Overview Many forms of learning traditionally go unseen by colleges. College Unbound’s Learning in Public (LIP) identifies, reflects on, and credits learning that takes place outside a college course. College […]