Playbook: The Power of Partnerships in Creating Incremental Credentials – Credential As You Go
Trailhead – Salesforce
NACE Competency Assessment Tool
National Applied Artificial Intelligence Consortium (NAAIC)
Overview In August 2024, the National Applied Artificial Intelligence Consortium (NAAIC) announced receipt of a $2.8 million grant from the National Science Foundation Advanced Technological Education (NSF ATE). Consortium implementation […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
BACK TO WORK 50+ – AARP
Overview AARP Foundation launched BACK TO WORK 50+ in 2016 to provide unemployed older workers with tools and coaching resources to help them compete for high quality in-demand jobs. A […]
College Credit for Military Experience – North Carolina Military Equivalency System
Overview In February 2024, the University of North Carolina System (UNC) launched a new tool to translate military occupations and training to college courses across its 16 public universities. The […]
Playbook: Incremental Credentialing at the Graduate Level (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 lead […]
Tools & Regulations Impacting College Selection Processes – U.S. Department of Education
Overview The U.S. Department of Education (USDOE) provides a suite of consumer tools such as the College Financing Plan (formerly known as the Financial Aid Shopping Sheet), the College Scorecard, and the […]
Young Adult Talent Development Network
The Young Adult Talent Development (YATD) Network is an initiative of the Jobs for the Future (JFF) organization, designed to provide information and research to help communities establish talent development […]
Reentry 2030
Overview Reentry 2030 is a nationwide initiative launched in April 2022 to scale reentry success for people transitioning from incarceration to their communities. The initiative calls on leaders across the […]
The Definitive Micro-credential Glossary of Terms
Overview Micro-credential Multiverse, a strategic advising and consulting firm, offers a free glossary with terms and definitions to help bridge the understanding gap related to micro-credentialing. The Definitive Micro-credential Glossary […]
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 […]
Playbook: Learner Supports (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: Incremental Credentialing Framework (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: Embedding and Aligning Certifications with Academic Programs (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: Providing Access to All Learners (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: Communications & Marketing Strategy / Planning (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 […]
Forum for Community Solutions — The Aspen Institute
Overview Launched in 2012, The Aspen Institute Forum for Community Solutions is a program focused on addressing community challenges through collaborative efforts among community organizations and leaders. The program facilitates […]
ADVANCE Integrated Education and Training (IET)
Overview The ADVANCE IET (Integrated Education & Training) project (2022–2025) is being conducted by the American Institutes for Research in partnership with World Education, Inc. and funded by the U.S. […]
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 […]
Apprenticeships for America Initiative
Overview Apprenticeships for America (AFA), a new nonprofit established in March 2022, launched an initiative to help the United States bring registered apprenticeships to the scale experienced by other advanced […]
Workforce Training Partnerships, Good Jobs Challenge, US Department of Commerce
Overview In August 2022, the U.S. Department of Commerce awarded grant awards to 32 industry-led workforce training partnerships across the U.S. as part of the $500 million Good Jobs Challenge […]
Apprenticeship Accelerator Initiative
Overview The Business Roundtable leads the Apprenticeship Accelerator initiative. The initiative helps companies develop and/or scale their registered apprenticeship programs to expand opportunities to workers who lack a four-year college […]
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 […]