Higher Education Democracy Exchange (HEDx) – Campus Compact and AAC&U
Miami Dade College Registered Apprenticeship Program – Florida
Workplace Civility
Let’s Get Ready! A Roadmap for Governors – National Governors Association (NGA)
Choice School District
Synchronizing Pathways: Expanding Institutional Capacity for Improving Credential Data Quality and Learning Mobility- UPCEA
Good Jobs Economy Project
Massachusetts Microcredential Coalition – Northeastern University
Connecting Credentials Framework (CFF)
Career & Technical Education (CTE): Building Talent Pipelines
Innovations in Higher Education: Preparing for the Future of Learning & Work
Machine-Human Workforce
AI Works for America, a Workforce Development Initiative – Google
Gated Content | Gated Information
Gated Information | Gated Content
National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA)
Industry-Specific High Schools: Bridging Education and Workforce Needs
Bridging Education and Employment Through Open Standards – 1EdTech and HR Open Standards Consortium
ASU+GSV Summit and Merger of Bett
Postsecondary Employment Outcomes (PSEO) Coalition – Texas Higher Education Foundation & U.S. Census Bureau
Nudge Technology
AI Academy & Futures Skills Board – General Assembly
CompetentU
Multi-Organization Collaborations
Apprenticeship Repository – Registered Apprenticeship Partners Information Database System (RAPIDS) – U.S. Department of Labor
Microcredential Initiative – University of Maryland, Baltimore County
There’s An AI For That®
Unizin Data Platform & the Caliper Analytics Standard
Unizin
Governor Executive Orders in the Learn-And-Work Ecosystem
F-1 Visa & Optional Practical Training (OPT)
Career Launch
Two-Generation Approach (2Gen Approach)
Two-Generation Approach (2Gen Approach)
Comprehensive Background Screening and Risk Management, Especially in Highly Regulated Industry Sectors
The Role of Workforce Boards in the Learn-and-Work Ecosystem
Frontline Talent of the Future – World Economic Forum and McKinsey & Company
Learn & Work Ecosystem Library
Growth of Digital Tools: Digital Wallets, Skills Passports, and Digital ID Wallets
Skills Visibility in the Evolving Skills-Based Economy
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
Union of Skills – European Commission
Research Parks | Science or Technology Parks | Research-Intensive Clusters
Research Parks | Science or Technology Parks
Exhibitions Industry Collective + Workforce Development Initiative
Skills Scoop
The European Higher Education Interoperability Framework (HEIF)
U.S. Department of Education Resource Library—European Edtech Alliance (EEA)
Reimagining Community Colleges Design Challenge – Ed Design Lab
Manhattan Institute
Community Colleges and Communities: Collective Workforce Development and Wraparound Services—League for Innovation in the Community College
LER Toolkit – T3 Innovation Network
California State University Public-Private Partnership on Equitable AI Training
European Digital Education Hub & EU Digital Education Action Plan
Project Infuse: Democratizing Access to Digital Credentials – AACRAO
Alternative Credential Purpose Profile Template – UPCEA
Sagamore Institute
SparkNC
America Succeeds
Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA)
College Futures Foundation
The Rise of Mega-Universities
Mega-University
Credential WV
SkillsAware (Australia)
Age-Friendly University Global Network (AFU)
Propero Learning Systems
Higher Education / Employer Alignment
CredCompare – Education Design Lab
Colleges/Universities in National Innovation Network’s I-Corps Hubs – National Science Foundation
Expanding Institutional Capacity for Employer Engagement in Credential Innovation – UPCEA
Talent Finance – U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation
Overview Talent Finance is an initiative by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation focused on developing new financial strategies to support education and workforce development. The initiative collaborates with public […]
College Unbound (CU)
Research: Competitive Advantage of the Win-Win Workplace – Future Forward Institute, JUST Capital & Burning Glass Institute
Federation of Associations of Regulatory Boards (FARB)
HR Tech Initiatives – LRP Media Group
Comprehensive Statewide Workforce Development System
One-Door Models for Public Supports
STEM Workforce
STEM
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Network Coordination Hub for National Network for Microelectronics Education – National Science Foundation & Department of Commerce
National Data Trust
Multi-State Data Collaborative (MSDC) – NASWA
University Efforts to Serve Working Learners – Georgia Institute of Technology & Western Governors University
New Classrooms Innovation Partners Inc
New Math Pathways for Adult Learners – Competency-Based Education Network (C-BEN) & New Classrooms
Research: 2024 Top 10 Information Technology Issues – EDUCAUSE
Innovation
Experience You – Education Design Lab & T3 Innovation Network
Overview Launched in January 2023 by the Education Design Lab (the Lab) and the T3 Innovation Network, the Experience You initiative explores how new technologies can convert massive amounts of […]
Verifiable Credential (VC)
Skills-Based Hiring and Advancement (SBHA)
American Workforce Policy Advisory Board, Learning and Employment Records — White House & T3 Innovation Network
Overview On July 17, 2018, President Trump issued Executive Order 13845 which established the National Council for the American Worker (NCAW). This interagency council was charged with drafting a national […]
Artificial Intelligence in K-12, Higher Education, and the Workplace
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 […]
National Council for Workforce Education (NCWE)
LER Resource Library – T3 Innovation Network
Overview In August 2024, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation’s T3 Innovation Network issued a LER Resource Library working in collaboration with experts in learning and employment records. LERs are […]
Learner Variability Navigator – Digital Promise
Overview In 2018, Digital Promise created the Learner Variability Navigator. The Navigator is an interactive tool (also referred to as a platform) that provides research-based strategies and resources tailored to key factors […]
Future of Work and the Innovation Economy (FOWIE) Initiative – New America
Overview Established in 2023 by the Center on Education and Labor at New America (CELNA), the Future of Work and the Innovation Economy (FOWIE) initiative focuses on strengthening postsecondary education, workforce, […]
Innovations in Credentialing – Western Governors University
Overview Western Governors University (WGU) is a private, non-profit online university based in Millcreek, Utah. WGU uses an online competency-based learning model and focuses on providing advanced education for working […]
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 […]
Tech Hub in the Quantum Industry – Mountain West, Elevate Quantum
Overview In July 2024, Elevate Quantum announced a Tech Hub Phase 2 Implementation award from the U.S. Department of Commerce. In 2023, the U.S. Department Of Commerce’s Economic Development Agency […]
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 […]
American Association of Community Colleges (AACC)
Gallup Polls, Reports, & Partnerships
Overview Gallup Inc. is an American analytics and advisory company based in Washington, D.C. Founded in 1935, the company became known for its public opinion polls conducted worldwide. In the […]
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 […]
Learning Mobility / Learner Mobility
Learning Evaluation & Recognition for the Next Generation (LEARN) Commission – AACRAO & SOVA
Overview Launched in 2024, the Learning Evaluation and Recognition for the Next Generation (LEARN) Commission is a national effort to recognize undergraduate learning and to improve credit evaluation policies and […]
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 […]
Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity (FREOPP)
Skills-Based Talent Ecosystem – ETS & SHRM
Overview In June 2024, ETS and SHRM announced their initiative to develop a Skills-Based Talent Ecosystem. The initiative focuses on three talent-specific elements that are important to addressing the future of […]
Research: State Practices Around Industry Certification (EERC Rutgers University)
Overview The Education and Employment Research Center (EERC) at Rutgers University conducted a Survey of State Practices Around Industry Certification. The aim of the study was to provide a snapshot […]
National Labor Exchange (NLx) – National Association of State Workforce Agencies
Overview Founded in 2007, the National Labor Exchange (NLx) is an electronic labor-exchange network created via partnership agreement between NASWA and DirectEmployers Association (DirectEmployers). The public-private partnership leverages private nonprofit-owned technology with […]
Moz (SEOMoz)
Competitive Integrated Employment (CIE) & Office of Employment Disability Policy (ODEP)
Importance of Search Engines in Learn-and-Work Ecosystem
Graduate/Professional Education in the Learn-and-Work Ecosystem
Siegel Family Endowment
Credentials Futures Coalition (CFC)
Overview In July 2022, four founding members established the Credential Futures Coalition (CFC) — AACRAO, 1EdTech, C-BEN, and UPCEA. The Coalition is composed of non-profit stakeholders working to develop a scalable, resilient, […]
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 […]
Design Thinking
The EdUp Experience Podcast Network
Overview The EdUp Experience Podcast Network is an independent podcast network with a goal to facilitate positive educational change and inspire lifelong learning through podcasts, livecasts, and other mediums. There […]
Student Success Center Network — Jobs for the Future
The Student Success Center Network (SSCN) initiative began in 2012 and is managed by the Jobs for the Future (JFF) organization. SSCN collaborates with approximately half of all public community […]
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 […]
National Framework of Qualifications (NFQ) – Ireland
Overview The National Framework of Qualifications (NFQ) of Ireland describes the qualifications used in the nation’s education and training system. The 10-level NFQ classifies the level, class of award, and […]
The MICROBOL Project
Overview The MICROBOL project (Microcredentials linked to the Bologna key commitments) was a 2-year effort (2020-2022) to explore whether (1) existing Bologna tools are fit for microcredentials, (2) to propose […]
The Power of Systems Initiative – NASH
Overview The National Association of Higher Education Systems (NASH) manages a number of projects within its Power of Systems initiative launched in December 2021, and expanded in spring 2024. NASH […]
National Association of Higher Education Systems (NASH)
Culture Add
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), U.S. Department of Commerce
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 […]
Applied Liberal Arts
Partnership to Advance Edtech Ecosystem – 1EdTech & Digital Promise
Overview In March 2024, two global nonprofit organizations — 1EdTech® and Digital Promise — announced a new partnership to support each other’s work to create a greater impact on teaching […]
National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE)
EDUCAUSE
Credential Maturity Index – UPCEA
Overview UPCEA developed a Credential Maturity Index, based on the Hallmarks of Excellence in Credential Innovation. The framework enables self-assessment of an organizational/unit’s effort around eight best practices, or hallmarks, with regard to […]
American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U)
Adult Education
The Coalition on Adult Basic Education (COABE)
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 […]
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 […]
Digital-Reskilling at Universities (D-Reskill Project)
Overview The D-RESKILL@U Project, coordinated by Sorbonne Université, focuses on providing European higher education institutions with guidelines for online lifelong learning offers at the post-bachelors level for the reskilling or […]
Older Workers in the Workforce
Credential Engine Learning and Employment Records Action Guide
Overview The Credential Engine Learning and Employment Records (LER) Action Guide (updated January 2024) offers a structured, step-by-step approach for stakeholders to establish and sustain dependable LER ecosystems. It emphasizes […]
State-by State Analysis of High School Work-based Learning Policies – American Student Assistance & Bellwether Education Partners
Overview American Student Assistance (ASA) and Bellwether Education Partners conducted a research initiative in 2021 to understand state approaches to work-based learning in high school. The research culminated in a […]
Bloomberg Philanthropies
Qualifications Frameworks (QFs)
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 […]
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 […]
Colorado Workforce Development Council (CWDC)
Accelerate Montana
ADVANCE Integrated Education and Training (IET)
Overview The ADVANCE IET (Integrated Education & Training) project (2022–2025) is being conducted by the American Institutes for Research in partnership with World Education, Inc. and funded by the U.S. […]
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors
Hallmarks of Excellence in Credential Innovation – UPCEA
Overview Developed by the University Professional and Continuing Education Association (UPCEA), the Hallmarks of Excellence in Credential Innovation are a collection of best practices and aspirational goals that can help […]
LER Ecosystem Map (Learning & Employment Records)
Overview Learning and Employment Records (LERs) are digital records of learning and experience that are linked to and may be controlled by learners and earners. LERS are proposed to include […]
Blueprint for Maryland’s Future – Accountability & Implementation Board
Overview In February 2021, the state of Maryland created the Accountability and Implementation Board (AIB). The goal of the cross-agency Board was to develop a comprehensive implementation plan for the Blueprint […]
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, […]
Higher Education & Employer Partnerships
Partnerships between higher education institutions and employers are increasingly useful in addressing talent development in key job categories. Partnership agreements are especially prevalent in areas such as data science, digital […]
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 […]
Disruptive Innovation
Disruptive innovation refers to innovations and technologies that make expensive or sophisticated products and services accessible and more affordable to a broader market. The term was coined in the early […]
Clayton Christensen Institute
The Workforce Futures Initiative
Overview The Workforce Futures Initiative is a research collaboration between the American Enterprise Institute, the Brookings Institution, and the Project on Workforce at Harvard Kennedy School’s Malcolm Wiener Center for […]
Steppingblocks
Improving Economic Mobility for Adult Learners Initiative – Achieving the Dream & Jobs for the Future
Overview Achieving the Dream (ATD) and Jobs for the Future (JFF) are leading the Improving Economic Mobility for Adult Learners Initiative which launched in June 2023 and runs through December […]
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 […]
Getting Smart
Britebound (formally American Student Assistance- ASA)
C-BEN Report: Interoperable Learning & Employment Records – Where knowledge and skills are transparent, accessible and easily shared
Overview In April 2023, the Competency-based Education Network (C-BEN) issued a report, Interoperable Learning & Employment Records – Where knowledge and skills are transparent, accessible, and easily shared. The report includes […]
Eligible Training Provider Program
Eligible Training Provider programs are job training programs eligible for funding under United States workforce development law, the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA). Under the law, each state and […]
Eligible Training Provider Lists (ETPLs)
Eligible training provider lists (ETPLs) are lists of pre-approved programs established by each state and territory under United States workforce development law, the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA). WIOA […]
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 […]
MicroCreds National Project – Irish Universities Association
Overview The MicroCreds National Project is led by the Irish Universities Associations (IUA) and delivered in partnership with the following IUA universities: University College Dublin University College Cork University of […]
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 […]
State Business Executives (SBE)
Launch: Equitable & Accelerated Pathways for All – Education Strategy Group
Overview The Launch: Equitable and Accelerated Pathways for All initiative was announced in February 2023 by the Education Strategy Group. The national initiative is developing college and career pathways that […]
Multiple Pathways Initiative – Business Roundtable
Overview The Multiple Pathways Initiative (MPI) launched in December 2020 by the Business Roundtable to provide resources to help employers reform hiring and advancement practices to emphasize the value of […]
Mapping Learning & Employment Records (LERs)
Overview The Digital Credentials Consortium (DCC), hosted at MIT Open Learning, is partnering with NationSwell (a B Corp dedicated to providing essential support to impact-driven leaders and organizations through a […]
SRI International
Mastery Transcript Consortium® (MTC) – ETS
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 […]
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
European Union (EU) and European Commission (EC)
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 […]
Today’s Students Council – formerly Higher Learning Advocates
National Association of Manufacturing (NAM)
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
ECMC Foundation
American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
National Center for Higher Educational Management Services (NCHEMS)
Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities (APLU)
American Association of State Colleges & Universities (AASCU)
Achieving the Dream (ATD)
HBCUv
Overview HBCUv is a multi-year initiative that is building a virtual e-learning ecosystem for Black colleges and universities. With institutional partners and tech innovators, HBCUv’s pilot launched Fall 2023 with nine […]
Frontier Set
League for Innovation in the Community College
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
New England Board of Higher Education (NEBHE)
Midwestern Higher Education Compact (MHEC)
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)
Council for Adult and Experiential Learning (CAEL)
Education & Employment Research Center, School of Management & Labor Relations, Rutgers
Third Way
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, […]
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 […]
New Opportunities Vision and Achievement of Northeast Louisiana (NOVA NELA)
University Innovation Alliance
National Skills Coalition (NSC)
Gates Foundation
Walmart Foundation / Walmart
US Department of Education Blockchain Action Network
Greater Houston Partnership
National Association of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA)
Boeing
T3 Innovation Network
Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) & SHRM Foundation
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
Schmidt Futures
Microsoft
1EdTech Consortium
American Dental Education Association (ADEA)
McKinsey & Company
New Profit
Postsecondary Electronic Standards Council (PESC)
US Chamber of Commerce Foundation
Business-Higher Education Forum (BHEF)
Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC)
Jobs for the Future (JFF)
National Association of Workforce Boards (NAWB)
Charles Koch Foundation (CKF)
HR Open Standards Consortium
Certification
Competency-Based Education (CBE)
Alternative Credentials
Career Pathways
Multi-Organization Collaborations in the Learn-and-Work Ecosystem
Key Communications Organizations Informing the Public
Competency-Based Job Descriptions
Eligible Training Provider List (ETPL)
Skills-Driven State Community of Practice Initiative — National Governors Association
Overview The National Governors Association (NGA) supports participating states in developing skills-based pathways to opportunity. Efforts focus on quality assurance, data collection, and the connection to good jobs. In the […]
The HR Open Standards Resume/CV Project
Overview Founded in 1999, the HR Open Standards Consortium is an independent, non-profit, volunteer-led organization dedicated to the development and promotion of a standard suite of specifications to enable human-resource-related […]
Learning Mobility — AACRAO
Overview The American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (AACRAO) is addressing the need to improve credit mobility. The consistent and equitable application of student records processes and practices […]
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 […]
Jobs and Employment Data Exchange (JEDx)
Overview The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation and the T3 Innovation Network launched the Job Data Exchange (JDX) initiative in 2021 to develop a public-private approach for collecting and using […]
Experience You: Bring Your Past Forward – LERs
Overview Experience You: Bring Your Past Forward is an initiative of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation and Education Design Lab, coordinated through the T3 Innovation Network’s LER Network, and […]
Expanding the Learner Record: XLR Project
Overview Since 2015, AACRAO – working with Lumina Foundation, NASPA, NILOA, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, 1EdTech, and other higher education organizations – has supported over 50 colleges and […]
SkillsEngine – Texas State Technical College (TSTC)
Overview SkillsEngine is a technology innovation team based in Austin, Texas. The team builds data-driven solutions to connect the worlds of learning and work through a unified skills language. Its […]
Racial Equity for Adult Credentials In Higher Education (REACH) Collaborative
Overview The Racial Equity for Adult Credentials in Higher Education (REACH) Collaborative is a national initiative of Lumina Foundation. It focuses on creating pathways designed for Black, Hispanic, and Native […]
Global Alliance for Skills to Aid Economic Renaissance and Labor Market Transitions
Overview SkyHive, in partnership with Milcoop, is leading the new Global Alliance for Skills, a strategic alliance promoting economic and environmental sustainability by reskilling the global workforce. The Global Alliance […]
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 […]
The Education Blockchain Initiative
Overview The U.S. Department of Education Office of Educational Technology contracted with the American Council on Education (ACE) to lead the Education Blockchain Initiative (EBI). EBI launched in February 2020 […]
The Brookings Institution’s Earn-and-Learn Project
Overview The Earn-and-Learn project is building an ongoing community of practice across states, starting with three delegations from Colorado, Indiana, and Alabama. Delegations include a diverse range of key decision-makers […]