ChatGPT Study Mode
Let’s Get Ready! A Roadmap for Governors – National Governors Association (NGA)
Google for Jobs
Innovations in Higher Education: Preparing for the Future of Learning & Work
Colorado Skills Institute (CSI) – Colorado Community College System
AI Works for America, a Workforce Development Initiative – Google
Pay-Per-Crawl
AI Academy & Futures Skills Board – General Assembly
Google–Wayback Machine Partnership and Its Role in the Learn-and-Work Ecosystem
Wayback Machine
Partnership to Integrate Wayback Machine into Google Search Results – Google & Internet Archive
Governor Executive Orders in the Learn-And-Work Ecosystem
Growth of Digital Tools: Digital Wallets, Skills Passports, and Digital ID Wallets
Antitrust Lawsuits in Higher Education and Businesses
Arkansas LAUNCH — Employer & Jobseeker Platform
LER Toolkit – T3 Innovation Network
California State University Public-Private Partnership on Equitable AI Training
Issuer Registry
Alternative Credential Purpose Profile Template – UPCEA
Flexible Products Fabrication Community of Practice (FPFC) – Urban Manufacturing Alliance
Age-Friendly University Global Network (AFU)
Data Center
Highly Skilled Immigrants
Digital Libraries in the Learn-and-Work Ecosystem
CredCompare – Education Design Lab
College Unbound (CU)
Trailhead – Salesforce
University Efforts to Serve Working Learners – Georgia Institute of Technology & Western Governors University
SOLO Network
Communications Infrastructure Services in Education
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
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 […]
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, […]
Study Hall: Arizona State University, YouTube, and Crash Course Partnership
Overview Arizona State University (ASU), YouTube, and Crash Course (educational video company) partner in an initiative to: Reduce key barriers to a college education (cost, accessibility) Provide personalized, flexible pathways […]
Knowledge Graph / Google Knowledge Graph
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 […]
Importance of Search Engines in Learn-and-Work Ecosystem
Search Engine
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
The Coalition on Adult Basic Education (COABE)
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 […]
Quality and In-Demand Non-Degree Credentials Framework – Colorado
Overview The Framework is a definition and evaluation rubric developed by Partners in the TalentFOUND network, including the Colorado Workforce Development Council (CWDC), Colorado Department of Higher Education (CDHE), Colorado Community […]
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 […]
1EdTech Open Badges Standard
Overview Open Badges are information-rich visual tokens of verifiable achievements earned by recipients and easily shared on the web and via social media. The Open Badges standard describes a method […]
Open Educational Resources (OER)
TrustEd Microcredential Coalition — 1EdTech Consortium
Overview The 1EdTech Consortium established the TrustEd Microcredential Coalition to help realize the potential benefits of microcredentials for learners, educators, and employers. Founding members of the coalition include senior representatives from: […]
CCA Accelerator – Complete College America
Overview In August 2023, Complete College America, a national non-profit organization focused on raising postsecondary attainment in the U.S., announced selection of 11 state partners to join the national Complete […]
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 […]
Coursera Inc.
Career Development Incentive Program (CDIP) – State of Colorado
Overview Colorado’s Career Development Incentive Program (also known as the Career Development Success Program) provides financial incentives for school districts and charter schools that encourage high school students in grades […]
Credit When It’s Due (CWID) – Reverse Transfer
Overview The Credit When It’s Due (CWID) initiative was a multi-foundation funded (6 foundations), multi-state (16 states) initiative aimed at increasing associate degree conferral for transfer students who meet associate […]
Credential Integrity Action Alliance (CIAA) – National Healthcareer Association & Ascend Learning
Overview In August 2023, the National Healthcareer Association (NCA) and Ascend Learning announced an initiative within the state of Colorado called The Credential Integrity Action Alliance. The 501(c)(4) nonprofit corporation is […]
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 […]
Technology Systems & Tools in Learn-and-Work Ecosystem
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
The State of Digital Credentials 2022 Guide & 2024 State of Credentialing Report (Accredible)
Overview Accredible issued The State of Digital Credentials 2022 Guide in August 2022, and the 2024 State of Credentialing Report in July 2024. The Guide explores the landscape of digital […]
Accredible (digital badge & certificate platform)
Bendable (Lifelong Learning Platform) – Bendable Labs & Drucker Institute
Overview Bendable is a community-powered learning marketplace. It operates a lifelong learning platform that was established initially in 2020 to allow residents of all ages and backgrounds in South Bend, […]
Stronger Nation Report – Lumina Foundation
Overview In 2008, Lumina issued a national call for 60 percent of adults to have college degrees or other high-quality credentials beyond high school by 2025 to meet labor-market demand […]
Futuro Health
AARP Foundation
2U, Inc. / edX Bootcamp Partnership
July 2024 Update On July 25, 2024, 2U Inc. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy with plans to restructure, reduce its debt load and wrap up the process by September 2024. […]
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 […]
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 […]
Outcomes for Opportunity (O4O) – Jobs for the Future & Google.org
Overview Jobs for the Future (JFF) and Google.org established the Outcomes for Opportunity (O4O) initiative to enable workforce development boards and nonprofit job training providers to make better use of outcomes […]
Walmart Foundation / Walmart
Certificate
Goodwill Career Centers
Employer Partnerships With Education Providers
Employer Training & Credentialing
Certification
Competency-Based Job Descriptions
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 […]
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 […]