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Global Learner Pathway, Pathways Model, & Cross-Border Partnership in Nursing — Alamo Colleges District

Higher Education / Employer Alignment

Comprehensive Statewide Workforce Development System

Artificial Intelligence in K-12, Higher Education, and the Workplace

Skills-first Talent Management

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 […]

Graduate/Professional Education in the Learn-and-Work Ecosystem

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Center for a Skills First Future (SFF) – SHRM Foundation

Overview In April 2024, SHRM and the SHRM Foundation announced that its new Skills-First Center of Excellence (SFCOE) will launch in early 2025. The goal of SFCOE is to modernize […]

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 […]

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 […]

The Coalition on Adult Basic Education (COABE)

AstrumU

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 […]

Assessment

Skills Profiling / Skills Profile

Pathsmith™ (Durable Skills Advantage Framework) – America Succeeds

Overview Launched Jan. 17, 2024, the Durable Skills Advantage Framework is an employer-generated common lexicon for essential non-technical skills. The Framework is viewed as an important step in addressing education […]

Qualifications Frameworks (QFs)

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 […]

Reskill

Upskill

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Aspire Ability

Navajo Nation Talent Marketplace

Overview In April 2023, the Navajo Nation launched the Talent Marketplace initiative. It is a first-time central repository of in-person and remote jobs available on the reservation. The marketplace is […]

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; […]

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