New Longevity
Career & Technical Education (CTE): Building Talent Pipelines
Digital Employee Experience (DEX)
Gated Content | Gated Information
Gated Information | Gated Content
Industry-Specific High Schools: Bridging Education and Workforce Needs
Shared Governance in the Learn & Work Ecosystem — Including AI Impacts
Shared Governance
Credential Value Index (CVI) – Burning Glass Institute
Nudge Technology
CompetentU
Multi-Organization Collaborations
The Learner Information Framework (LIF)
Google–Wayback Machine Partnership and Its Role in the Learn-and-Work Ecosystem
Wayback Machine
Internet Archive
Governor Executive Orders in the Learn-And-Work Ecosystem
Governor Executive Orders
Career Launch
The Role of Workforce Boards in the Learn-and-Work Ecosystem
Skills Visibility in the Evolving Skills-Based Economy
Skills Visibility / Relation to Rich Skills Descriptors and openRSD
Reimagining Community Colleges Design Challenge – Ed Design Lab
Actionable Intelligence, Analysis & Analytics
Digital Decay, Internet Poisoning, and Digital Archiving
The Rise of Mega-Universities
Human Capital Development
Network & Network Approaches
Digital Library
Digital Libraries in the Learn-and-Work Ecosystem
Higher Education / Employer Alignment
Library as Information Aggregator Database: Continuum Model of Data to Information, Information to Knowledge, Knowledge to Wisdom
Federal Reserve System (Federal Reserve)
Information Aggregator Database
Social Mobility
New Classrooms Innovation Partners Inc
Artificial Intelligence in K-12, Higher Education, and the Workplace
Skills-first Talent Management
Circular Economy
Work Shift
Overview Work Shift is an independent, nonpartisan news organization, where news judgments and editorial decisions are made independently. Work Shift is a digital hub for news, analysis, and opinion focused […]
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 […]
Gallup Inc.
Indiana Commission for Higher Education (CHE)
Neurodiverse Learners / Neurodiversity
Importance of Search Engines in Learn-and-Work Ecosystem
Search Engine
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) / Key Word Optimization
New America
Graduate/Professional Education in the Learn-and-Work Ecosystem
Technical Standards
Specialized Library Collection / Sub-Collections
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 […]
Skilled Trades
Skilled Trades
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI)
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 […]
Education and Career Navigation Framework – ACT
Overview The Education and Career Navigation Framework was developed by the ACT from its report titled Education & Career Navigation. The framework is a comprehensive structure designed to aid in […]
National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE) Workforce Framework for Cybersecurity — National Institute for Standards & Technology (NIST)
Overview The Workforce Framework for Cybersecurity (NICE Framework) was released by the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST), an agency of the United States Department of Commerce, in April […]
Boot Camp
Global Micro-Credential Schema Mapping Project – Credential Engine
Overview Credential Engine launched the Global Micro-Credential Schema Mapping to create a standardized framework for categorizing and describing microcredentials across the global education and workforce landscape. The project addresses the […]
Older Workers in the Workforce
Older Workers
Center for Artificial Intelligence & the Future of Work – Jobs for the Future
Overview In June 2023, Jobs for the Future (JFF) launched the Center for Artificial Intelligence & the Future of Work. The Center is founded in the recognition that AI is […]
Playbook: Making the Case (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 […]
Graduate & Professional Education
Grant
New Finance Options: Interest-free Loans & Outcomes-based Loans
Orijin
European Year of Skills
Overview The European Year of Skills was necessitated after employers across the European Union reported difficulty finding workers with the necessary skills. The European Labour Authority in Report on labour […]
Self-Issued Credentials
CASE Network: Competencies and Academic Standards Exchange® (CASE®)
CASE refers to the 1EdTech standard that enables consistent format and exchange of information about learning and education competencies, skills, or academic standards in an open, machine-readable format. The CASE […]
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 […]
Center for Skills Validation – Education Design Lab
Overview In August 2023, Education Design Lab announced the creation of the Center for Skills Validation, with support from Walmart. The Education Design Lab is a national nonprofit that designs, […]
Technology Systems & Tools in Learn-and-Work Ecosystem
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 […]
Digital Equity
Quality Assurance, Compliance & International Standards that Impact Companies
Ethical Standards/Integrity in Credentialing
Ethics and integrity are crucial to the learn-and-work ecosystem, particularly to credentialing. Credentials such as diplomas, degrees, certifications, certificates of accomplishment, licenses, and badges represent an individual’s qualifications and expertise […]
World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) and W3C Verifiable Credentials Data Model (W3C VCDM)
The main international standards organization for the World Wide Web. The Consortium was founded in 1994 and composed of member organizations that work together to develop standards for the W3C. […]
Foundations
Funding Models – Organizations, Institutions
Digital Platforms/Platforms
A digital platform is a technology-enabled software solution, an interactive online service that allows exchanges of information, tools, and resources. Three main types of platforms serve components of the learn-and-work […]
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; […]
Learn-and-Work Ecosystem
The learn-and-work ecosystem is a connected system of formal and informal learning (education and training) and work. The ecosystem is composed of many building blocks. When all the building blocks […]
Directory of International Quality Assurance Bodies, Accreditation Bodies & Ministries of Education
National Governors Association (NGA)
Program on Skills, Credentials & Workforce Policy (PSCWP), George Washington University
Gates Foundation
Credential Registry
Institutional Accrediting Agencies in Higher Education
Frontloaded Embedded Non-degree Pathways
Digital Credential Ecosystem / Marketplace
Auto-award (Automatic)
Certificate
Badge Backpack, Digital Wallet
HR Open Standards Consortium
Goodwill Career Centers
Employer Partnerships With Education Providers
Competency Models, Skills Models & Learning Frameworks
Certification
Credential Interoperability Frameworks
Apprenticeship / Apprenticeships
Career Coaches, Career Coaching
Community College Baccalaureate Degrees (CCB)
Multi-Organization Collaborations in the Learn-and-Work Ecosystem
Adult Learners: Second-chance Options, Accelerated Options
Unions
Key Communications Organizations Informing the Public
Competency-Based Job Descriptions
Blockchain
Accreditation
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI)
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 […]
Learn & Work Ecosystem Library
Overview Accurate and timely information about developments in the learn-and-work ecosystem are essential for those working to improve the ecosystem. Yet information is too often siloed and difficult to access […]
Dictionary: Definitions, Use of Key Terms & Concepts in Incremental Credentialing
Overview Many concepts and terms in the learn-and-work ecosystem are confusing. Some terms and concepts are new to the field and have no established definitions; others are evolving and not […]