The Role of Workforce Boards in the Learn-and-Work Ecosystem
Credit for Prior Learning Policies: A Database of Findings from the ACE-CAEL 50-State Analysis
CredLens
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 […]
Indiana Model Credit for Prior Learning Policy Guidance
Overview In March 2024, the Indiana Commission for Higher Education launched the Indiana Model Credit for Prior Learning Policy Guidance, a first-time statewide policy guidance for credit for prior learning. […]
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 […]
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 […]
Technology Systems & Tools in Learn-and-Work Ecosystem
Skills Compass Platform – CAEL
Overview The Council for Adult and Experiential Learning (CAEL) is a national, nonprofit membership organization working to improve education-to-career pathways for adult learners. CAEL’s services to organizations include providing expertise, […]
XCredit Skills Validation – Education Design Lab
Overview Launched in summer 2021, XCredit Skills Validation is an initiative of the Education Design Lab. The Lab developed the concept of an employer-validated “XCredit”, or Experience Credit, which signals to […]
Council for Adult and Experiential Learning (CAEL)
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 […]
Strada Education Foundation
Prior Learning Assessment, Credit for Prior Learning, Recognition of Prior Learning
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 […]