Micro-credentials Portal – eCampusOntario (Canada)
Indiana Partnership with Credential Engine
Overview The Indiana Partnership with Credential Engine is a statewide initiative to enhance credential transparency and accessibility for learners, employers, and educators. The initiative is driven by the Indiana Commission […]
Research: Rising Talent – WGU Labs
Experience You – Education Design Lab & T3 Innovation Network
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 […]
Southeastern Regional Talent Ecosystem Pilot – AACRAO, Tennessee, Alabama
Overview In September 2024, the Southeastern Regional Talent Ecosystem Pilot launched with the aim to bridge the talent gap and enhance employment opportunities in the Southeastern U.S. Partners include the […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Research: State Practices Around Industry Certification (EERC Rutgers University)
Overview The Education and Employment Research Center (EERC) at Rutgers University conducted a Survey of State Practices Around Industry Certification. The aim of the study was to provide a snapshot […]
Research Report: Credentials-to-Jobs Misalignment – Georgetown Center on Education and the Workforce (CEW)
Overview In June 2024, the Georgetown Center on Education and the Workforce (CEW) issued “The Great Misalignment: Addressing the Mismatch between the Supply of Certificates and Associate’s Degrees and the […]
Promising Practices Database: Community College Baccalaureate Degrees
Overview The Community College Baccalaureate Association (CCBA) created a Collection of Promising Practices to Advance Quality, Equity, and Success in Community College Baccalaureate Degree Programs, including proven solutions for making […]
CareerNavGPT – SkillUp Coalition
Overview Launched by the SkillUp Coalition, CareerNavGPT has a mission to provide a guided and supported path to ensure that all STARs have access to high-opportunity and quality employment. CareerNacGPT […]
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 […]
Initiative to Update Carnegie Classifications – ACE & Carnegie Foundation
Overview In February 2022, the American Council on Education (ACE) and the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching (Carnegie Foundation) announced their partnership to create the next version of […]
State Opportunity Index – Strada Education Foundation
Overview In April 2024, Strada Education Foundation published The State Opportunity Index to help state policymakers and higher education institutions assess how well they are leveraging post-high school education — […]
College Excellence Program — The Aspen Institute
Overview The Aspen Institute College Excellence Program aims to advance higher education practices, policies, and leadership in ways that help institutions of higher education make the choices that matter most […]
Value Data Collaborative (VDC)
Overview Launched in 2024 by the Institution for Higher Education Policy (IHEP), this initiative brings together representatives from states, institutions, and higher education systems to use data to better understand […]
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 […]
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 […]
Building Rural Innovation, Designing Educational Strategies (BRIDGES) & The Rural College Practitioner Design & Data Academies
Overview BRIDGES (Building Rural Innovation, Designing Educational Strategies) is a 3-year initiative launched in 2020 by the Education Design Lab. The initiative focuses on strengthening the capacity of rural community […]
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 […]
Multi-State Agreement: Data Analytics for Student Success, Institutional Efficiencies, & Integration – Midwestern Higher Education Compact & SAS Institute, Inc.
Overview An agreement between the Midwestern Higher Education Compact (MHEC) and SAS Institute makes SAS software bundles available to MHEC members at discounted prices. SAS software capabilities include data access, […]
Frontier Set
Overview Frontier Set was a national initiative (2015-2021) comprised of colleges, universities, state systems of higher education, and supporting organizations committed to (1) transforming how institutions operate by eliminating race, […]
Degrees When Due (DWD) – Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP)
Overview Degrees When Due (DWD) was an initiative launched in 2018 by the Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP) to help more than 200 participating institutions across more than 20 […]
Inventory of Community College Baccalaureate Degree Programs
Overview Currently, 25 states allow their community colleges by legislative action to offer some baccalaureate degrees: California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Indiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, Nevada, New Mexico, […]
Research Blog: Assessment and evaluation of microcredentials: What success looks like and to whom
Overview Assessment and evaluation of microcredentials: What success looks like and to whom (Downs 2022) describes diverse stakeholder perspectives on how to assess and evaluate microcredentials. The focus is on […]
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 […]
Tracking Transfer & Transfer Playbook 2.0 — The Aspen Institute & Community College Research Center
Overview The Aspen Institute College Excellence Program and Community College Research Center launched a two-year new project in fall 2022 to deliver the “second edition” of the Transfer Playbook, made […]
Open Syllabus
Overview Open Syllabus is a non-profit research organization that collects and analyzes millions of syllabi (any detailed account of an academic class or class section) to support novel teaching and […]
ResearchDataGov (RDG) – ICPSR
Overview Launched in 2022, ResearchDataGov (RDG) is an online portal for discovering and requesting access to restricted microdata from federal statistical agencies. RDG advances the evidence-building capabilities of the federal government, […]
National Institute for the Study of Transfer Students (NISTS)
Overview The National Institute for the Study of Transfer Students (NISTS), located at the University of North Georgia, is a national organization that focuses on transfer student success. NISTS operates […]
Centralized DEI (Diversity, Equity & Inclusion) Education Research Platform
Overview In November 2021, the National Student Clearinghouse launched a new research-focused diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) online initiative. With support from the Cognizant Foundation, the initiative works to build a long-term, collaborative environment […]
Industry Credentials & Education Performance Data System
Overview The National Student Clearinghouse launched the Industry Credentials and Education Performance Data System in February 2020. The new service brought together for the first time academic and industry credentials […]
Advancing Equity and Upward Mobility through Community College-Employer Partnerships (ACE-UP)
Overview Launched in 2023, Corporation for a Skilled Workforce (CSW), with support from Lumina Foundation, convened 20-25 community colleges and their industry partners a community of practice, Advancing Community Equity […]
Enrollment and Completion Databases
AACRAO Digital Interoperability Initiative
Overview To achieve digital interoperability, institutions require incentives, an effort to reach consensus, technical and other resources, and effective student information systems. Such systems must be able to seamlessly ingest […]
SkyHive® Platform
Overview SkyHive® is a Certified B Corporation and software provider of global workforce intelligence technology. Examples of uses of the SkyHive Platform include: Leading enterprises use SkyHive’s cloud-based applications and […]
North Dakota Partnership with Credential Engine
Overview The North Dakota University System, in collaboration with the Statewide Longitudinal Data System (SLDS) and Credential Engine, is giving its residents access to detailed, accurate information about the more […]
Jobs and Employment Data Exchange (JEDx)
Overview The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation and the T3 Innovation Network launched the Job Data Exchange (JDX) initiative in 2021 to develop a public-private approach for collecting and using […]
EDUCAUSE Microcredentialing
Overview EDUCAUSE offers microcredentials to member audiences for participation in various professional development activities. EDUCAUSE microcredentials recognize an individual’s achievements, expertise and skill acquisition, engagement, and volunteer service with EDUCAUSE […]
Industry Certification Education & Performance Data System Initiative
Overview In 2016, the National Student Clearinghouse, in partnership with the National Association of Manufacturers and the U.S. Census Bureau, launched a project to collect, report, match, aggregate, and analyze […]
Comprehensive Learner Records Standard Working Group
Overview A web-friendly interoperable digital record, Comprehensive Learning Record (CLR), is designed to be flexible enough to support a wide range of use cases to meet the needs of students, […]
SkillsEngine – Texas State Technical College (TSTC)
Overview SkillsEngine is a technology innovation team based in Austin, Texas. The team builds data-driven solutions to connect the worlds of learning and work through a unified skills language. Its […]
Career Bridge
Overview Career Bridge is a public-facing, online resource that students and transitioning workers use to support career and education planning. It is designed to work as a one-stop shop, offering […]
European Blockchain Partnership (EBP)
Overview The European Blockchain Partnership (EBP) is a key initiative to develop a blockchain strategy. It includes 29 countries — all EU Member States, Lichtenstein, and Norway. The partnership is […]
American Opportunity Index
Overview Created in Fall 2022, the American Opportunity Index assesses how well America’s largest companies foster workers’ economic mobility and how they could do better. It ranks 250 large companies […]
Credentials Matter
Overview Credentials Matter analyzes how the credentials that students earn align with real-world employer demand. The project includes a website and a series of reports informed by extensive collection and […]