Miami Dade College Registered Apprenticeship Program – Florida
Let’s Get Ready! A Roadmap for Governors – National Governors Association (NGA)
Research Report: 2024 National DACA Survey
Synchronizing Pathways: Expanding Institutional Capacity for Improving Credential Data Quality and Learning Mobility- UPCEA
Good Jobs Economy Project
Massachusetts Microcredential Coalition – Northeastern University
Crowdfunded Research
Career & Technical Education (CTE): Building Talent Pipelines
Colorado Skills Institute (CSI) – Colorado Community College System
AI Works for America, a Workforce Development Initiative – Google
Pay-Per-Crawl
Gated Content | Gated Information
Gated Information | Gated Content
Education First
Collaborative for Place-based Literacy Funders — Education First
The Century Foundation (TCF)
Industry-Specific High Schools: Bridging Education and Workforce Needs
Postsecondary Employment Outcomes (PSEO) Coalition – Texas Higher Education Foundation & U.S. Census Bureau
Credential Value Index (CVI) – Burning Glass Institute
Trade Schools
Trade School(s) / Skilled Trades
AI Academy & Futures Skills Board – General Assembly
Apprenticeship Repository – Registered Apprenticeship Partners Information Database System (RAPIDS) – U.S. Department of Labor
The Learner Information Framework (LIF)
Google–Wayback Machine Partnership and Its Role in the Learn-and-Work Ecosystem
Partnership to Integrate Wayback Machine into Google Search Results – Google & Internet Archive
Governor Executive Orders in the Learn-And-Work Ecosystem
State Apprenticeship Agencies (SAAs)
Constellation of Support: A Capacity-Building Approach to Institutional Change – SHEEO and Student-Ready Strategies
The Role of Workforce Boards in the Learn-and-Work Ecosystem
Riipen
Proof of Identity – Implications for Learn & Work Ecosystem
Stealth Management
Research & Data Tracker: Which Community College Awards Are Likely to Prepare Students for Post-Completion Success & Community College Awards Earnings Tracker (CCRC)
Community Vibrancy Framework — Achieving the Dream (ATD)
Research Report: “Governors Reshaping Workforce Development: Turning WIOA Challenges into Workforce Solutions”– Project on Workforce & National Governors Association
Project on Degree Apprenticeships – New America
Tax Treatment of Endowments: Higher Education Institutions & Private Foundations
Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC)
Transfer Pathways to the Liberal Arts Initiative + Evaluation by Ithaka S+R
U.S. Department of Education Resource Library—European Edtech Alliance (EEA)
NC Community Colleges Boost — North Carolina Community College System
ChatGPT Edu — OpenAI for Education
California State University Public-Private Partnership on Equitable AI Training
Skills-Based Hiring Tools for Employers – iDatafy LLC
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
Pathways in Technology Early College High School (P-TECH)
Funder Collaboratives: Pooled Funds and Co-Granting
Project Infuse: Democratizing Access to Digital Credentials – AACRAO
Digital Decay, Internet Poisoning, and Digital Archiving
America Succeeds
Credit for Prior Learning Policies: A Database of Findings from the ACE-CAEL 50-State Analysis
End of Term Archive Initiative
AI Transfer and Articulation Infrastructure Network (ATAIN)
College Futures Foundation
Extension Service (also called Cooperative Extension Service)
Serving Rural America through Land-Grant Colleges & Universities: Unlocking the Workforce Development Potential of Extension Services – NCHEMS
Credential WV
Scaling Manufacturing and Renewables Training in Iowa (SMART Iowa)
Age-Friendly University Global Network (AFU)
Highly Skilled Immigrants
Some College, No Degree — New Jersey Re-enrollment Initiative
College Assistance Migrant Program (CAMP)
College Cost Transparency (CCT) – Strada Education Foundation
Skills Validation Guidebook – Education Design Lab
Expanding Institutional Capacity for Employer Engagement in Credential Innovation – UPCEA
Domestic Manufacturing Auto Conversion Grants Program (Electric Vehicles) – U.S. Department of Energy
JUST Capital
Future Forward Institute
FutureFit AI / FutureFit
Mississippi Apprenticeship Accelerator & Mississippi Reconnect
RuralTogether – Education Design Lab
One-Door Models for Public Supports
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Network Coordination Hub for National Network for Microelectronics Education – National Science Foundation & Department of Commerce
Data Trust
Single Moms
Single Moms Success Design Challenge – Education Design Lab & ECMC
Social Mobility
Upward Mobility Initiative – Urban Institute
Overview In September 2024, Urban Institute published the Upward Mobility Data Dashboard which is an outcome of the Upward Mobility Initiative. The initiative addresses the need for communities throughout the […]
Multi-State Data Collaborative (MSDC) – NASWA
University Efforts to Serve Working Learners – Georgia Institute of Technology & Western Governors University
New Math Pathways for Adult Learners – Competency-Based Education Network (C-BEN) & New Classrooms
Issuer Registries in Practice: Credential Engine & Digital Credentials Consortium Collaboration
Overview The Digital Credentials Consortium (DCC) and Credential Engine are collaborating on a 2024-2025 initiative to explore the governance and technology needs for issuer registries being used within Learning and […]
Empower Community and Technical Colleges in Regional Innovation Ecosystems – New America / NSF
Overview In September 2024, the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) and the nonpartisan think and action tank New America announced a strategic initiative to turbocharge the capacity, effectiveness, and impact […]
Digital Skills for Today’s Workforce Act – Proposed Amendment to Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act
Overview The Digital Skills for Today’s Workforce Act is bipartisan legislation introduced on March 13, 2024, in the U.S. Congress. The Act would amend the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act […]
Federal Purpose License – the Nelson Memo
Build Better Careers Initiative – CAEL
Overview In July 2024, the Council for Adult and Experiential Learning (CAEL) launched a 3-year workforce development initiative with support from Truist Foundation’s Where it Starts Initiative. CAEL is creating pathways to […]
National Applied Artificial Intelligence Consortium (NAAIC)
Overview In August 2024, the National Applied Artificial Intelligence Consortium (NAAIC) announced receipt of a $2.8 million grant from the National Science Foundation Advanced Technological Education (NSF ATE). Consortium implementation […]
Year Up
ASA Center for Career Navigation at JFF
Overview In July 2024, Jobs for the Future (JFF) with support from a multi-year $25 million grant from American Student Assistance, announced it will create the ASA Center for Career […]
EU Digital Identity Wallets – European Union
Overview The European Union (EU) is creating EU Digital Identity Wallets to meet the challenges of digital identification for citizens, residents, and businesses across Europe. The Identity Wallets are proposed […]
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 […]
Impact Funders Forum (IFF) – Pew Charitable Trusts
Overview The Transforming Evidence Funders Network (TEFN) is a network of more than 80 philanthropies and public funding agencies that convene to catalyze collection action around work at the nexus of […]
Support Student Success through Holistic Credit Mobility Policies, Practices, & Technologies – Ithaka S+R & Complete College America
Overview In July 2024, Ithaka S+R and Complete College America announced a partnership to support student success through student success through holistic credit mobility policies, practices, and technologies. The project’s […]
Free College / Free Community College / Promise Programs
HBCU Adult Learner Initiative (ALI)
Overview In fall 2021, Lumina Foundation awarded a $2 million grant to the HBCU Adult Learner Initiative (ALI) to identify and eliminate various barriers blocking adult students from the education […]
Kentucky Graduate Profile and Profile Academy
Overview Launched in 2021 by the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education, the Kentucky Graduate Profile is a collaborative statewide initiative among Kentucky’s public postsecondary institutions. The initiative focuses on enhancing […]
Consolidation, Integration, Mergers & Acquisitions in Higher Education
Work Forces Podcasts
Overview Work Forces is a bi-weekly podcast created in 2023 by J. Alssid Associates with a goal to revolutionize thinking about the future of work and learning. The podcasts engage […]
Credential Engine Initiative on Equity, Jobs Skills, and Pathways
Overview In July 2024, Credential Engine launched a 2-year initiative to expand education and employment information available as linked open data in the Credential Registry. The aim of this effort […]
National Academic Advising Association (NACADA)
American Association of Community Colleges (AACC)
Minnesota State System
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. […]
Federal Youth Apprentice Pathway Program (U.S. Department of Labor’s ETA)
Overview In 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration (ETA) launched the first Federal Youth Apprentice Pathway program. The program focuses on ways the federal agencies can partner […]
National Council on Aging (NCOA)
Research Report: Credentials-to-Jobs Misalignment – Georgetown Center on Education and the Workforce (CEW)
Overview In June 2024, the Georgetown Center on Education and the Workforce (CEW) issued “The Great Misalignment: Addressing the Mismatch between the Supply of Certificates and Associate’s Degrees and the […]
Project Unicorn (Data Interoperability in K-12 Education)
Overview Project Unicorn is a national initiative to improve data interoperability within K-12 education. Coordinated by InnovateEDU (Brooklyn based non-profit organization), the initiative works with a coalition of organizations representing […]
Advanced Placement (AP)
National Alliance of Concurrent Enrollment Partnerships (NACEP)
Occupational Segregation
The National Career Clusters® Framework – Advance CTE
Overview In December 2022, Advance CTE launched its initiative to modernize the National Career Clusters Framework. The Framework provides a guide for organizing and delivering quality career and technical education […]
Disability Philanthropy
Graduate/Professional Education in the Learn-and-Work Ecosystem
Siegel Family Endowment
European Battery Alliance / European Battery Alliance Academy (Industry Sector Initiative)
Overview Launched by the European Commission in 2017, the European Battery Alliance (EBA) was created to enable Europe to compete globally in an industry sector critical to the green and […]
Upwardly Global
Teacher Occupation Apprenticeship Program – Tennessee
Overview In 2022, the Tennessee Department of Education announced a new way to develop K-12 teacher pipelines through an apprenticeship model and was the first state to be approved by the U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL) to establish a […]
Refugee & Asylee Programs
International Students
Immigrant-Origin Students
DACA – Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals
Work+ and Work+Collective – Consortium managed by Arizona State University
Overview The Work+ and affiliated program, Work+Collective, is a consortium of 17 two- and four-year institutions across the U.S. that are redesigning student employment. Institutions in the consortium offer a range […]
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, […]
BuildWithin: Software Platform in Apprenticeships
Overview BuildWithin is a software platform that launched in November 2022 to provide employers with the ability to create, manage, and expand apprenticeship programs in order to accelerate the productivity […]
Transfer & Credit Mobility Technology
Center for Skills by C-BEN – Competency-Based Education Network
Overview In April 2024, the Competency-Based Education Network (C-BEN) launched the Center for Skills by C-BEN (CFS x C-BEN). Supported by a $1.5 million grant from Walmart, the Center will […]
Training Older, Lower-Income Adults in Digital Skills for Economic Security – AARP Foundation/ Older Adults Technology Services
Overview In 2022, Google.org (Google’s philanthropy) awarded a $10 million grant to AARP Foundation to support free technology trainings to people with low-income, age 50+, focusing especially on women and […]
Students Who Are Parents
Partnership between Maryland State Corrections & University System of Maryland
Overview In July 2024, the Maryland State Corrections Department announced a new agreement with the University System of Maryland to establish a framework to bring higher education programs to every […]
Tuition Equity Law
Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-serving Institution (AANAPISI)
NOVA Workforce and Professional Development
NOVA Workforce and Professional Development is an initiative of Northern Virginia Community College. The initiative provides continuing education, professional training programs, and pathways to in-demand career fields. The initiative offers […]
Net Price Calculators
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 […]
Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education®
State Opportunity Index – Strada Education Foundation
Overview In April 2024, Strada Education Foundation published The State Opportunity Index to help state policymakers and higher education institutions assess how well they are leveraging post-high school education — […]
Artificial Intelligence Incubator Network — AACC
Overview Launched in 2022, the 18-month Artificial Intelligence Incubator Network Initiative is designing and building Artificial Intelligence (AI) Incubators across the U.S. Managed by the American Association of Community Colleges […]
Postsecondary Education in Prisons
Open Science Principles
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 […]
American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U)
Workforce Partnership Initiative – Business Higher Education Forum & Business Roundtable
Overview With the assistance of a grant awarded by the JPMorgan Chase Foundation in summer 2022, the Business Higher Education Forum (BHEF) expanded its work on the Workforce Partnership Initiative […]
Adult Education
LER Accelerator
Overview The LER Accelerator was launched in 2024 with support from Walmart. The effort is boosting the adoption of Learning and Employment Records (LERs) in postsecondary education by focusing on […]
Kresge Foundation
Midwest Credential Transparency Alliance (MCTA)
Overview The Midwestern Higher Education Compact (MHEC) launched The Midwest Credential Transparency Alliance (MCTA) in January 2021 to work with all 12 Midwest states to help move them along a path […]
Access in Prison Initiative – JSTOR
Overview The JSTOR digital library enables incarcerated people to access scholarly materials and texts online in more than 1,000 U.S. prisons across all 50 U.S. states. Learners use JSTOR resources […]
State Skills-Based Hiring in the Public Sector – NGA
Overview In January 2024, The National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center) launched, Skills-Based Hiring In The Public Sector, an initiative supported by a grant from Walmart. The […]
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 […]
Noncredit Research Collaborative
Overview Researchers from four universities (University of Michigan, University of California-Irvine, University of North Carolina – Charlotte, and Rutgers University) are partnering in the Noncredit Research Collaborative launched in early […]
Playbook: Policy in Incremental Credentialing (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 […]
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 […]
Non-Degree Credentials Research Network (NCRN)
Overview The Non-Degree Credentials Research Network (NCRN) is a project funded through a grant from Lumina Foundation (2024-2025) and managed by researchers at the George Washington Institute of Public Policy […]
Binary Accreditation System in India – National Assessment and Accreditation Council
Overview In February 2024, the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) announced a binary accreditation system for higher education institutions in India, in which institutions will be categorized as accredited […]
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 […]
Open Educational Resources (OER)
Fraudulent Credentials
Expand Acceptance of Digital Records and Credentials Initiative
Overview The Scaling Digital Credentials with Community College Systems to Empower Underserved Adult Learners project was a collaborative effort to enhance access to education and employment opportunities for underserved adult […]
WIOA Workforce Programs
Overview The federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) was signed into law on July 22, 2014. The Act is designed to help job seekers access employment, education, training, and […]
Student Financial Aid Models – Finance
STEM Talent Challenge – EDA
Overview The STEM Talent Challenge is an initiative by the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA), a bureau of the U.S. Department of Commerce, that aims to build STEM talent training systems […]
Grant
Building Rural Innovation, Designing Educational Strategies (BRIDGES) & The Rural College Practitioner Design & Data Academies
Overview BRIDGES (Building Rural Innovation, Designing Educational Strategies) is a 3-year initiative launched in 2020 by the Education Design Lab. The initiative focuses on strengthening the capacity of rural community […]
Noncredit Mobility Academy
Overview In December 2023, Education Strategy Group, SHEEO (State Higher Education Executive Officers Association), and Opportunity America at the Progressive Policy Institute launched the Noncredit Mobility Academy. The two-year Academy […]
GradPLUS loans / Finance Option
Pell Grant / Workforce Pell
Scaling the Skills-Based Workforce System in Connecticut (CT)
Overview Led by the Connecticut Office of Workforce Strategy and funded by SkillsFWD, this project is expanding and improving the state’s skills-based hiring ecosystem by leveraging Learning and Employment Records […]
Student Worker Employment for Skills-Based Success – ASU
Overview An Arizona State University project funded by SkillsFWD and announced December 2023, this initiative is assisting learners in search of work to secure meaningful student employment using a scalable […]
ColoradoFWD – Colorado Workforce Development Council (CWDC)
Overview A project of the Colorado Workforce Development Council (CWDC), funded by SkillsFWD and announced December 2023, this initiative will leverage learning and employment records (LERs) to address urgent talent […]
Central Ohio Talent Network – SkillsFWD
Overview A project of the Workforce Development Board of Central Ohio funded by SkillsFWD and announced December 2023, this initiative leverages the SchooLinks college and career readiness platform to match […]
Adult Learner Centered and Equity Framework (ALCEF) in a SNAP Network — Council for Adult and Experiential Learning (CAEL)
Overview All states maintain federally funded SNAP Employment and Training (E&T) programs that provide assistance to job seekers, including upskilling and reskilling resources (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program – SNAP). In […]
Z-Degree Initiatives
Overview A Z-Degree refers to a degree program, typically at the associate or bachelor’s level, where all the required courses and learning materials are available at zero cost to the […]
Bridging the Skills Gap: The Promise of Learning and Employment Records – ACE
Overview Bridging the Skills Gap: The Promise of Learning and Employment Records is a yearlong project launched in fall 2023 by the American Council on Education (ACE) with the support […]
University of Texas System & Credential Initiatives
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors
Open Data Platform – U.S. Department of Education
Overview The U.S. Department of Education maintains an Open Data Platform (ODP) at data.gov.ed. The department’s public data profiles are available in a machine-readable, open format and can be searched […]
Credentialing: Policy & Implementation – Florida
Overview In 2021, Florida’s legislature passed HB 1505, which amended section (s.) 1007.25, Florida Statutes (F.S.). The Bill requires public postsecondary institutions to award students a nationally recognized digital badge when […]
Credentialing: Policy & Implementation – Colorado
Overview Colorado passed multiple bills in 2022 to support credentialing strategies and assist disadvantaged students. Stackable Credential Pathways (Senate Bill 22-192) calls for improving access to quality credentials of value […]
Microcredential Initiative – State University System of New York (SUNY)
Overview The State University of New York (SUNY) adopted a broad microcredential policy in 2018, following recommendations of a Micro-Credentialing Task Force created in 2015. Through a collaborative process and endorsed by […]
Digital Skills Principles – Digital Divide
Overview On October 2, 2023, more than 70 corporate partners (including Fortune 500s, Chambers of Commerce, and small businesses), the National Skills Coalition, and Business Leaders United for Workforce Partnerships […]
SkillsFWD
Overview SkillsFWD is an initiative to catalyze a more equitable skills-based hiring ecosystem leveraging Learning and Employment Records (LERs). The initiative is managed by Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors with funding support […]
Credential Lab Service & Innovation Center – Higher Learning Commission
Overview The Higher Learning Commission (HLC) launched the Credential Lab in September 2023 with initial funding support from Lumina Foundation. The Credential Lab is a hub that supports educational providers, […]
Building Capacity, Expanding Pathways: Accelerating the Growth of Credential Innovation in Higher Education – UPCEA
Overview In August 2023, UPCEA received a one-year grant from Walmart to accelerate the growth of credential innovation in higher education. The project is founded in the recognition that non-degree […]
Career Connected High School Grant Program
Overview In August 2023, the U.S. Department of Education launched the Career Connected High School Grant program. The $25 million program is providing grants to consortia of local educational agencies […]
Digital Equity
Quality Assurance, Compliance & International Standards that Impact Companies
P20W / P20W Data Systems / State Longitudinal Data Systems (SLDS)
State-level data infrastructures in the U.S. that securely bring together specific data on early childhood, K-12, postsecondary education, and the workforce. Data from these sectors enable leaders, practitioners, and community […]
GitLab Foundation
Foundations
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 […]
Microcredentials Pilot in Higher Education — Australian Government Department of Education
Overview Through the Microcredentials Pilot in Higher Education, the Australian Government has authorized $32.5 million from 2021-22 to 2025-26 to assist higher education and training providers to design and deliver microcredentials for […]
IDB Digital Credential Framework (Inter-American Development Bank)
Overview The IDB Digital Credential Framework (the Framework) is the key reference tool and roadmap to recognize knowledge-building and continuous learning with digital credentials. Issued in May 2023 by the […]
Catalyze Registry
Overview On November 2, 2022, President Biden announced commitments made by more than 350 organizations in 50 states and territories as part of the Infrastructure Talent Pipeline Challenge (nationwide call […]
America Achieves
Education Quality Outcomes Standards Board (EQOS)
NewPathways Campaign (K-12) – Getting Smart
Overview The NewPathways campaign, led by Getting Smart, is a roadmap for American schools, where every learner, regardless of zip code, is on a pathway to productive citizenship, high wage […]
Skilled Through Alternative Routes (STARs) – Opportunity@Work
Overview STARs is a national initiative created and managed by the nonprofit organization, Opportunity@Work. The organization’s mission is to rewire the U.S. labor market so that all individuals “skilled through alternative […]
Accelerate ED
Overview Accelerate ED focuses on building stronger, smoother, and accelerated pathways between K-12 education, postsecondary education, and careers. The initiative is coordinated by the Education Strategy Group (ESG) and supported […]
Opportunity Populations
Opportunity populations refer to people in America who have had limited access to educational and professional opportunities and who face barriers to employment and career advancement. They may include: opportunity […]
Policy
Policy encompasses laws, regulations, procedures, administrative rules and actions, incentives, and voluntary practices of governments and other institutions. Many entities issue policies germane to the learn-and-work ecosystem: governments—federal, state, regional/local; […]
Degree
A degree is a title given by an institution (usually a college or university) that has been granted the authority by a state, recognized Native American tribe, or the federal […]
Incremental Credentialing Framework
The Incremental Credential Framework was developed through a 2019-2021 planning, research, and testing project in a Lumina Foundation grant to SUNY Empire State College (Credential As You Go, Phase I). […]
Credentials for the Future Initiative – University of Texas System
Overview In March 2021, The University of Texas System (UT) launched the Texas Credentials for the Future initiative with assistance from a Strada Education Foundation grant. This work is enabling […]
Center for the Study of Community Colleges
Navigating Public Job Training (Research Report from Harvard Project on Workforce)
Overview In March 2023, the Harvard Project on Workforce issued the Navigating Public Job Training Report. The report describes and analyzes the more than 75,000 Eligible Training Provider (ETP) programs […]
National Early Care & Education Workforce Center (ECE Workforce Center)
Year to Career Through Micro-Pathways – Colorado Community College System
Overview The Arapahoe Community College Consortium (Colorado) launched Year to Career Through Micro-Pathways (Year to Career) in February 2033. The initiative is funded by a U.S. Department of Labor grant […]
Community College Research Center (CCRC)
Open Syllabus
Overview Open Syllabus is a non-profit research organization that collects and analyzes millions of syllabi (any detailed account of an academic class or class section) to support novel teaching and […]
OpenAI
Workforce Matters
The LER Ecosystem Report & Ecosystem Map
Overview The Smart Report Ecosystem Map was created by iDatafy in 2022 – launched in January 2023 and updated in 2024. iDatafy originally worked with a team of digital credentialing […]
National College Transition Network (NCTN ) – World Education
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
Adult Learning & Literacy Network (ALL IN)
Overview The Adult Literacy and Learning Impact Network (ALL IN) is a collective impact initiative that was formed in 2022 to address America’s adult literacy and learning issues: About 43 […]
National College Credit Recommendation Service (NCCRS)
WestEd
ECMC Foundation
Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities (APLU)
American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC)
American Association of State Colleges & Universities (AASCU)
Frontier Set
SkillsCommons Repository
U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA)
Workforce Training Partnerships, Good Jobs Challenge, US Department of Commerce
Overview In August 2022, the U.S. Department of Commerce awarded grant awards to 32 industry-led workforce training partnerships across the U.S. as part of the $500 million Good Jobs Challenge […]
Employment & Training Administration, USDOL
Office of Career, Technical & Adult Education, OCTAE
Urban Institute
Southern Regional Education Board (SREB)
Lessons Learned from Launching a Micro-credential Program, Kennesaw State University
Overview Kennesaw State University (KSU) launched a micro-credential program (described in an interview published 11/20/2022 in The EvoLLLution) as an institution-wide initiative, rather than something that lived in either a […]
Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE)
Program on Skills, Credentials & Workforce Policy (PSCWP), George Washington University
CTE Leadership Collaborative
Overview The CTE Leadership Collaborative launched in 2018 by ECMC Foundation to bring together diverse perspectives and equip postsecondary career and technical education (CTE) leaders with the tools, resources and skills […]
Every Learner Everywhere
Overview Every Learner Everywhere was launched in 2017 with the support of a grant from the Gates Foundation to create a network of partner organizations with expertise in evaluating, implementing, […]
Interstate Passport® (Transfer)
Overview Interstate Passport® is a national program based at the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE). The program enables seamless block transfer of lower-division general education attainment based on […]
Graduate-Level Microcredentials & Workforce Needs – Council of Graduate Schools
Overview In July 2022, the Council of Graduate Schools (CGS) launched an 18-month project to clarify the types of credentials offered by postsecondary institutions; explore the relationship between those credentials […]
America Achieves’ Broadband Initiative
Overview America Achieves is a national non-profit organization that incubates, scales, and spins off non-profit initiatives and organizations; advises and shapes large-scale philanthropy and public policy; and helps to drive […]
Education Quality Outcomes Standards (EQOS) (EQOS Framework)
Overview Educational Quality Outcomes Standards (EQOS) launched as an independent nonprofit organization in April 2020. EQOS created a common set of metrics around the efficacy and quality of education and […]
Colorado’s Advancing Individual Ownership of Assets and Career Determination Initiative
Overview The Colorado Workforce Development Council (CWDC), supported by a grant from Walmart, is working with partners to strengthen Colorado’s workforce system so that job seekers can more easily define […]
The Workforce Almanac (Harvard University)
Overview Launched in November 2023 by Harvard University, the Workforce Almanac is an open-source, interactive portal of nearly 17,000 workforce training providers across the United States. The Almanac defines workforce […]
Advancing Equity and Upward Mobility through Community College-Employer Partnerships (ACE-UP)
Overview Launched in 2023, Corporation for a Skilled Workforce (CSW), with support from Lumina Foundation, convened 20-25 community colleges and their industry partners a community of practice, Advancing Community Equity […]
Patrick J. McGovern Foundation (PMJF)
Social Finance
San Diego Regional Economic Development Corporation
University Innovation Alliance
Lumina Foundation
Gates Foundation
Western Governors University (WGU)
Walmart Foundation / Walmart
W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) & SHRM Foundation
Indiana Governor’s Workforce Cabinet
Annie E. Casey Foundation
African American Mayors Association (AAMA)
Workday
Schmidt Futures
Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce
Ascendium Education Philanthropy
Dignity Health
Public Consulting Group
Esperanza Education Fund
Cognizant Foundation
Irvine Foundation
Local Initiatives Support Corporation
Rural Local Initiatives Support Corporation
Business-Higher Education Forum (BHEF)
Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC)
Strada Education Foundation
Charles Koch Foundation (CKF)
Institutional Accrediting Agencies in Higher Education
Workforce Certificates, Certifications, Occupational Certifications, Occupational Licenses
Prior Learning Assessment, Credit for Prior Learning, Recognition of Prior Learning
Incremental Credential / Incremental Credentialing System / Incremental Credentialing Framework
Auto-award (Automatic)
Transfer, Learning Mobility & Articulation
Degree
Enrollment and Completion Databases
Concurrent / Dual Enrollment
Competency-Based Education (CBE)
Apprenticeship / Apprenticeships
Multi-Organization Collaborations in the Learn-and-Work Ecosystem
Adult Learners: Second-chance Options, Accelerated Options
Key Communications Organizations Informing the Public
Competency-Based Job Descriptions
Blockchain
Accreditation
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI)
LER and Achievement Wallet – Western Governors University & Indiana Achievement Wallet
Overview Western Governors University (WGU) is working to provide a learner-owned Learning and Employment Record (LER) and Achievement Wallet to all students so that they may see the validated skills […]
Credential As You Go
Overview The Credential As You Go initiative focuses on building an incremental credentialing system, recognizing the value in many types of quality credentials, including degrees, certificates, industry certifications, licenses, badges, […]
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 […]
Certification-Degree Pathways Project (Workcred, UPCEA, APLU)
Overview Higher education faculty and staff are often unfamiliar with industry certifications. They likely do not know which certifications, when paired with an undergraduate degree (particularly one in the liberal […]
Catalyzing Transfer Initiative (CTI)
Overview In 2021, ECMC Foundation launched a $4.5 million grant investment, the Catalyzing Transfer Initiative. CTI is a national effort among five high-impact nonprofit organizations that are working to increase […]
Noncredit and Credit Alignment Lab (NCAL)
Overview The Noncredit and Credit Alignment Lab (NCAL) launched in August 2021 to support 14 community college governance units (systems, districts, or colleges) to develop new or improved pathways between […]
Unmudl Skills-to-Jobs Marketplace
Overview The Unmudl Skills-to-JobsTM Marketplace connects learners with new or better jobs, college and continuing education credits, and credentials—from certificates to certifications and degrees. Unmudl.com was released publicly in November […]