2023 Archives | Learn & Work Ecosystem Library

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 […]

Project Kitty Hawk – North Carolina

Overview The 2021 North Carolina General Assembly allocated $97 million to start Project Kitty Hawk, a nonprofit ed-tech startup focused on producing a diverse, globally competitive workforce, fostering scholarly research, […]

Tech-Labor Partnership on AI – AFL-CIO & Microsoft

Overview In December 2023, the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) and Microsoft Corp. launched a partnership to create an open dialogue to discuss how artificial […]

Leveraging AI for Skills Extraction & Research (LAiSER) – George Washington University

Overview In 2023, the Program on Skills, Credentials & Workforce Policy at the George Washington University launched a project to help learners, educators, and employers share trusted and mutually intelligible […]

Administrative Data Repository on the Skilled Technical Workforce – George Washington University

Overview In September 2021, the Program on Skills, Credentials & Workforce Policy (PSCWP) at George Washington University launched a two-year project with support from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to […]

Fast-Track Industry-recognized Credentials in Manufacturing (Georgia Association of Manufacturers / Technical College System of Georgia)

Overview The Georgia Association of Manufacturers (GAM) is collaborating with the Technical College System of Georgia to quickly prepare workers for good manufacturing jobs. Over the last year, GAM worked with […]

Measurement For Mobility: How States Can Use Data to Incentivize Postsecondary & Workforce Success in Public Education (Education Strategy Group)

Overview Measurement For Mobility: How States Can Use Data to Incentivize Postsecondary and Workforce Success in Public Education is a report (45 pages) issued May 2024 by Education Strategy Group […]

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 […]

Data 101 – Data Quality Campaign

Overview In 2023, the Data Quality Campaign (DQC) issued Data 101, a briefing book to inform education leaders, policymakers, and other stakeholders about key topics related to education and workforce […]

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 […]

Research: State-Level Policy on Dual/Concurrent Enrollment – Education Commission of the States

Overview The Education Commission of the States (ECS) has conducted two research reports on state policies to advance dual (concurrent) enrollment programs. ECS defines a dual/concurrent enrollment program for its […]

Forming STARS — Wisconsin

Overview Forming STARS is a professional workforce advancement program offered through the WisCaregiver Careers program, and is an initiative aimed at recruiting individuals to start a career in healthcare with […]

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 […]

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 […]

Recommended LER Technical and Functional Requirements — Velocity Network Foundation

This document from Velocity Network Foundation, published September 2023, provides technical requirements for effective Learning and Employment Records (LERs). An LER empowers individuals with control over their career records and […]

AI Education Policy & Practice Ecosystem Framework – WCET

Overview Adapted from the research conducted by Cecilia Ka Yuk Chan and the AI Ecological Education Policy Framework, WCET created in 2023 a framework for institutions to develop policies related […]

Resource Community for Higher Education in Prison (RCHEP) — Alliance for Higher Education in Prison

Overview Developed by the Alliance for Higher Education in Prison, the Resource Community for Higher Education in Prison (RCHEP) offers an interactive platform where practitioners, students, graduates, advocates, administrators, and […]

Texas Policy on Community College Finance – Performance Funding (HB 8)

Overview House Bill 8 was passed unanimously in the Texas Senate and signed into law by Governor Greg Abbot in June 2023. HB 8 calls for strengthening community colleges by establishing a […]

Florida Ready to Work – Assessments & Courseware

Overview Florida Ready to Work is a career readiness training and credentialing program established in 2020 by Chapter 445 Section 06 – 2020 Florida Statutes – The Florida Senate: Florida Ready […]

Career Pathways in the Workforce Intelligence Network (WIN) – Michigan

Overview The Workforce Intelligence Network (WIN) is a partnership of ten community colleges and seven Michigan Works! Agencies in southeast Michigan that fosters collaboration among workforce development, community colleges, four-year […]

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 […]

The Manufacturing Readiness Project – SOLID LLC

Overview The Manufacturing Readiness Project launched in 2023 to make it easier for military veterans to find quality civilian careers in manufacturing—and for manufacturers to build a talented workforce. The […]

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 […]

Success, Redefined: How Nondegree Pathways Empower Youth to Chart Their Own Course to Confidence, Employability, and Financial Freedom – Research Study

Overview As reported in Success, Redefined (October 2023), Jobs for the Future (JFF) and American Student Assistance partnered to study how nondegree pathways empower youth to chart their own course […]

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: Technology-Integrated Credential Management (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 […]

Playbook: Policy in Incremental Credentialing (Credential As You Go)

Playbook: Making the Case (Credential As You Go)

Playbook: Incremental Credentialing Framework (Credential As You Go)

Playbook: Embedding and Aligning Certifications with Academic Programs (Credential As You Go)

Playbook: Providing Access to All Learners (Credential As You Go)

Playbook: Building Incremental Credentials (Credential As You Go)

Overview Credential As You Go is an initiative that works with many partners toward a nationally recognized transferable incremental credentialing system that increases the number of high-quality, post-high school credentials […]

Playbook: Communications & Marketing Strategy / Planning (Credential As You Go)

C-BEN’s Postsecondary Competency-Based Education Program Model Map Framework

Overview Published in 2023, the CBE Program Model Map Framework was developed by the American Institutes for Research (AIR) in partnership with the C-BEN Network. The framework documents and understands […]

Quality Assurance in Microcredentials – European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education

Overview In December 2023, the European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ENQA) issued Quality Assurance in Microcredentials, a report from its working group on quality assurance of microcredentials. […]

Job & Skill Trends Tool – EUROPASS & ESCO

Overview Launched in October 2023, the Job & Skill Trends Tool developed from collaboration between ESCO and Europass as part of the implementation of the European Skills Agenda. The Tool relies on […]

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: […]

Toolkit: Solving Today’s Students’ Food, Housing, And Basic Needs Insecurities – A Basic Needs Policy Toolkit For Today’s Students To Succeed (Higher Learning Advocates)

Overview In October 2023, Higher Learning Advocates (HLA) issued its 22-page Toolkit to identify critical barriers to student success: Back to Basics: Solving Today’s Students’ Food, Housing, and Basic Needs […]

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 […]

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 […]

California Reconnect

Overview A 3-year initiative launched in Spring 2023, the California Reconnect Program is a collaborative effort from the Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP), InsideTrack, and Project Attain. California Reconnect […]

Noncredit Mobility Academy

Overview In December 2023, Education Strategy Group, SHEEO (State Higher Education Executive Officers Association), and Opportunity America at the Progressive Policy Institute launched the Noncredit Mobility Academy. The two-year Academy […]

Scaling the Skills-Based Workforce System in Connecticut (CT)

Overview Led by the Connecticut Office of Workforce Strategy and funded by SkillsFWD, this project is expanding and improving the state’s skills-based hiring ecosystem by leveraging Learning and Employment Records […]

Student Worker Employment for Skills-Based Success – ASU

Overview An Arizona State University project funded by SkillsFWD and announced December 2023, this initiative is assisting learners in search of work to secure meaningful student employment using a scalable […]

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 […]

Central Ohio Talent Network – SkillsFWD

Overview A project of the Workforce Development Board of Central Ohio funded by SkillsFWD and announced December 2023, this initiative leverages the SchooLinks college and career readiness platform to match […]

Validated Skills – Accelerate Montana – Montana Credential Registry

Overview Funded by SkillsFWD, Validated Skills is a pilot program of Accelerate Montanta announced in December 2023. The program drives statewide adoption of learning and employment records (LERs) in the […]

Research: Unlocking Economic Prosperity – Career Navigation in a Time of Rapid Change

Overview The Harvard Project on Workforce team, in partnership with the National Fund for Workforce Solutions reported in Unlocking Economic Prosperity: Career Navigation in a Time of Rapid Change (November 2023) […]

Bridging the Skills Gap: The Promise of Learning and Employment Records – ACE

Overview Bridging the Skills Gap: The Promise of Learning and Employment Records is a yearlong project launched in fall 2023 by the American Council on Education (ACE) with the support […]

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 […]

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 […]

Inaugural Equity Toolkit for Community Colleges – Achieving the Dream

Overview Achieving the Dream developed a toolkit as a comprehensive guide and framework for operationalizing equitable policies and practices at community colleges to help increase student outcomes and eliminate equity […]

Credentialing: Policy & Implementation – Colorado

Overview Colorado passed multiple bills in 2022 to support credentialing strategies and assist disadvantaged students. Stackable Credential Pathways (Senate Bill 22-192) calls for improving access to quality credentials of value […]

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 […]

Microcredentials: Montana ‘Year to Career’ Initiative to Create Microcredential Job Pathways

Overview Montana launched a statewide microcredential development initiative on September 20, 2023. Announced by the Education Design Lab (the Lab), the Montana Office of the Commissioner of Higher Education (OCHE), […]

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 […]

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 […]

Good Jobs Hawai’i Initiative

Overview In January 2023, the University of Hawaiʻi Community Colleges and leaders from the state’s top business sectors launched Good Jobs Hawaiʻi. The $35-million workforce development initiative is building career […]

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, […]

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 […]

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, […]

Career Connected High School Grant Program

Overview In August 2023, the U.S. Department of Education launched the Career Connected High School Grant program. The $25 million program is providing grants to consortia of local educational agencies […]

Workforce Development, Training & Education Support Via Federal-Aid Highway Program Formula Funds in States

Overview States are encouraged in Guidance for Use of Federal-aid State Core Program Funds for Training, Education, and Workforce Development to consider using highway funding resources to create workforce opportunities, […]

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, […]

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 […]

SmartResume – iDatafy LLC

Overview SmartResume is a new type of resume that recognizes the three-sided marketplace (ecosystem) connecting job seekers, higher education institutions, and employers using the power of digital credentials. Partners such […]

Research: A Typology and Policy Landscape Analysis of State Investments in Short Term Credential Pathways

Overview Many states have adopted strategies to recognize short-term credentials, however, there has been little coordinated information about these developments. HCM Strategists conducted a study (Stephanie M. Murphy, 2023) to […]

CTE Without Borders Policy Playbook (Career & Technical Education) – Advance CTE

Overview ‘Each learner can access CTE without borders’ is one of the five principles of Advance CTE’s Without Limits: A Shared Vision for the Future of Career Technical Education. The […]

IDB Digital Credential Framework (Inter-American Development Bank)

Overview The IDB Digital Credential Framework (the Framework) is the key reference tool and roadmap to recognize knowledge-building and continuous learning with digital credentials. Issued in May 2023 by the […]

Short-Term-Credential Typology (HCM Strategists)

Overview HCM Strategists (HCM), with support from Lumina Foundation, conducted a comprehensive examination of short-term credential pathways across the U.S. HCM analyzed all 50 states to create a catalog of […]

Framework Report: Integrating Microcredentials into Undergraduate Experiences – UT System & Workcred

Overview Workcred-Inc and the University of Texas (UT) System issued a report, Integrating Microcredentials into Undergraduate Experiences,that serves as a framework to guide the development and implementation of microcredentials and how they can be […]

NewPathways Campaign (K-12) – Getting Smart

Overview The NewPathways campaign, led by Getting Smart, is a roadmap for American schools, where every learner, regardless of zip code, is on a pathway to productive citizenship, high wage […]

Delivering on the Degree: The College-to-Jobs Playbook

Overview Launched in April 2023, Delivering on the Degree: The College-to-Jobs Playbook was developed through The Project on Workforce with the aim to produce and catalyze basic and applied research at […]

Accelerate ED

Overview Accelerate ED focuses on building stronger, smoother, and accelerated pathways between K-12 education, postsecondary education, and careers. The initiative is coordinated by the Education Strategy Group (ESG) and supported […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Stackability Guide

Overview In February 2023, Education Strategy Group issued the Stackability Guide. The Guide is designed to help higher education leaders examine their internal processes related to stackability and provide guidance […]

LifeJourney – AI-Powered Skills & Competency Toolkit

Overview On February 22, 2023, Territorium launched LifeJourney, an AI-powered toolkit designed to facilitate the intersections and transitions between K-12, higher education, and workforce readiness. The secure and interoperable toolkit: […]

Research on Work-Based Learning – Studying Coursetaking & Post-Degree Earnings Among Completers

Overview Rachel Yang Zhou’s research study, “Understanding Experiential Learning Through Work-Based College Coursetaking: Evidence From Transcript Data Using a Text Mining Technique” (February 2023, CCRC Working Paper No. 131) offers […]

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 […]

National Pathways Initiative

Overview The National Pathways Initiative is a national coalition of leaders from education, business, government and the Civil Rights Community with a goal to champion high-quality pathways to help students […]

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 […]

Research Survey: State Priorities for Higher Education in 2023 – State Higher Education Executive Officers Association (SHEEO)

Overview The State Higher Education Executive Officers Association (SHEEO) conducted a survey of “State Priorities for Higher Education in 2023.” SHEEO provided an initial list of issues based on common […]

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 […]

Some College, No Credential Student Outcomes: Annual Progress Report – National Student Clearinghouse

Overview The Some College, No Credential (SCNC) annual report series conducted by the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center seeks to understand the educational trajectories of millions of U.S. adults who left postsecondary […]

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 […]

Career Optimism Index- University of Phoenix

Overview In March 2022, the University of Phoenix launched the University of Phoenix Career Institute, a research center within its College of Doctoral Studies. The institute conducts research, shares insights to […]

Job Skills for In-Demand Employment (JobSIDE) – U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation

Overview As the digital transformation of the talent marketplace continues, there is a need for a scalable and trusted way to validate skills with employers. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce […]

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. […]

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 […]

1EdTech’s Digital Credentials Learn & Lead Roundtables

Overview 1EdTech’s expert-led Digital Credentials Learn & Lead Roundtables provide knowledge and resources for institutional leaders driving credentialing programs and initiatives at their institution—sharing best practices from planning to implementation. […]

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