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1EdTech Consortium

2U, Inc.

AARP Foundation

Academy for Gerontology in Higher Education (AGHE)

AcademyOne

Accelerate Montana

Access 4 Learning (A4L)

Accredible (digital badge & certificate platform)

Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges (ACCJC)

Achieving the Dream (ATD)

Acreditta

ACT

Ad Astra

AdeptID

Adobe

Advance CTE

Advisera

AFL-CIO Working for America Institute (WAI)

African American Mayors Association (AAMA)

Age Equity Alliance

Age Friendy Institute

AGE Platform Europe

AI Now Institute

aiEDU

Alabama Community College System (ACCS)

Alamo Colleges District (ACD)

Albert Shanker Institute

Alliance for Excellent Education (All4Ed)

Alliance for Higher Education in Prison

America Achieves

America Succeeds

American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U)

American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (AACRAO)

American Association of Community Colleges (AACC)

American Association of State Colleges & Universities (AASCU)

American Council on Education (ACE)

American Dental Education Association (ADEA)

American Enterprise Institute (AEI)

American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA)

American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC)

American Institutes for Research (AIR)

American Library Association (ALA)

American National Standards Institute (ANSI)

American Public Human Services Association (APHSA)

American Society of Association Executives (ASAE)

American Society on Aging

Annie E. Casey Foundation

Apprenticeships for America (AFA)

AQL Labs

Arbeitskreis Geragogik

Arizona Community College Coordinating Council (AC4)

Arizona State University (ASU)

Ascend Learning

Ascendium Education Philanthropy

Aspire Ability

Association for Institutional Research (AIR)

Association for Talent Development (ATD)

Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC)

Association of Chief Academic Officers (ACAO)

Association of International Credential Evaluators, Inc (AICE)

Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities (APLU)

Association of Research Libraries (ARL)

AstrumU

Axim Collaborative

Axios

Bank of America

Baptist Health (Kentucky)

Barbara Bush Fund for Family Literacy (Formerly Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy)

Basta

Bellwether

BestColleges & Postsecondary News

Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC)

Black in AI (BAI)

BlockFrame

Bloomberg Philanthropies

Blue Meridian Partners

BlueForge Alliance (BFA)

Boeing

Bosch Management Support

Brighthive

Britebound (formally American Student Assistance- ASA)

Brookings Institution

Buck Institute for Education (PBLWorks)

Burning Glass Institute

Business Roundtable

Business-Higher Education Forum (BHEF)

Campaign for College Opportunity

Campus Compact

Candid

CARA (College Access: Research & Action)

Career Ladders Project (CLP)

Career Launch

CareerWork$

Carnegie Corporation of New York

Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching (CFAT)

Carroll and Milton Petrie Foundation – New York

Cedefop: European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training

Center for Employment Opportunities (CEO)

Center for Equity and Postsecondary Attainment (CEPA), San Diego State University

Center for Higher Education Policy and Practice (CHEPP)- Southern New Hampshire University

Center for Postsecondary Readiness and Success (CPRS) – American University

Center for the Future of Higher Education & Talent Strategy, Northeastern University

Center for the Study of Community Colleges

Chamber of Commerce of Greater Philadelphia

Charles A. Dana Center at the University of Texas at Austin

Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Philanthropies

Charles Koch Foundation (CKF)

Chicanos Por La Causa (CPLC)

Chronicle of Higher Education

City University of New York – CUNY

Clarivate Plc

Clayton Christensen Institute

Climb Together

Coalition for Career Development (CCD) Center

CoGenerate

Cognizant Foundation

Collaborative Community Advancing Digital Learning (DLAC)

College Futures Foundation

College in High School Alliance (CHSA)

College Unbound (CU)

CollegeAPP

Colorado Workforce Development Council (CWDC)

Community College Baccalaureate Association (CCBA)

Community College Research Center (CCRC)

Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan (CFSEM)

Competency-Based Education Network (C-BEN)

Complete College America

Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA)

Connecticut Office of Workforce Strategy (OWS)

CORA Learning Center (Center for Organizational Responsibility and Advancement)

Corporation for a Skilled Workforce (CSW)

Council Advancing Work-Based Learning (CAWBL) – Ottawa, Canada

Council for Adult and Experiential Learning (CAEL)

Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA)

Council of Graduate Schools (CGS)

Coursera Inc.

Credential Engine

Credly

CVS Health

CWI Works (formerly Center for Workforce Inclusion)

Daniel & Pamella DeVos Foundation

Data for the American Dream (D4AD)

Data Quality Campaign (DQC)

Decentralized Identity Foundation (DIF)

Degreed

Dell Technologies

Desire 2 Learn (D2L)

Digital Credentials Consortium (DCC)

Digital Promise

Dignity Health

Diversity for Social Impact

Drucker Institute

Dublin City University (DCU) – Ireland

DVP-PRAXIS LTD

Dxtera Institute

E3 Alliance

EAB (formerly Education Advisory Board)

eAlliance

EBSCO Information Services

ECMC Foundation

Ed2Work

Edalex

Edconic

Edmentum

Education & Employment Research Center, School of Management & Labor Relations, Rutgers

Education At Work (E@W)

Education Commission of the States (ECS)

Education Design Lab (the Lab)

Education Exchange

Education Finance Council (EFC)

Education First

Education Management Solutions (EMS)

Education Quality Outcomes Standards Board (EQOS)

Education Strategy Group (ESG)

Education Trust

Educational Credential Evaluators (ECE)

Educational Testing Service (ETS)

EDUCAUSE

Employment & Training Administration, USDOL

EnGen

Esperanza Education Fund

Essential Education

European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ENQA)

European Association of Distance Teaching Universities – EADTU

European Society for Research on the Education of Adults (ESREA)

European Union (EU) and European Commission (EC)

Excelencia in Education

ExcelinEd

Exhibitions & Conferences Alliance (ECA)

Federal Reserve System (Federal Reserve)

Federation for Advanced Manufacturing Education (FAME) USA

Federation of Associations of Regulatory Boards (FARB)

Ford Foundation

Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity (FREOPP)

Foundation for Talent Transformation

FourPoint Education Partners

Frederick A. deLuca Foundation

Frey Foundation

Frontier Set

FSG

Future Forward Institute

FutureFit AI / FutureFit

Futuro Health

Gallup Inc.

Garcia Family Foundation (GFF)

Gardner Institute for Excellence in Undergraduate Education

Gates Foundation

General Assembly

George Washington Institute on Public Policy (GWIPP), George Washington University

Georgetown Center on Education and the Workforce (CEW)

Georgia Association of Manufacturers (GAM)

Gerontological Society of America

GetEducated.com

Getting Smart

GitLab Foundation

Goodwill

Goodwill-Easter Seals Minnesota (GESMN)

Google

Grads of Life

Great Lakes Community Action Partnership

Greater Houston Partnership

Greater Phoenix Chamber Foundation

Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce

Greater Texas Foundation

Groningen Declaration Network (GDN)

Guild

Gulf Coast Community Foundation

Harvard Project on Workforce

HCM Strategists (HCM)

Health Level Seven International (HL7 International)

Heckscher Foundation for Children

Helios Education Foundation

Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario (HEQCO)

Hire Heroes USA

HR Open Standards Consortium

Hunt Institute

IBM

Ichigo Foundation

iCIMS

iDatafy LLC

IDEO

IdRamp

Indeed

Indiana Commission for Higher Education (CHE)

Indiana Governor’s Workforce Cabinet

Indigo Education Company

Inside Higher Ed

Inside Track

Instant Teams

Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP)

Instructure

Intentional Futures

Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)

International Council on Badges and Credentials (ICoBC)

International Federation on Ageing

International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE)

Internet Archive

iQ4 & the Cybersecurity Workforce Alliance (CWA)

Irvine Foundation

It’s Not Complicated Education (INC Education)

Ithaka S+R

Jobs & Skills Australia

Jobs for the Future (JFF)

Jobspeaker

John M. Belk Endowment

John S. and James L. Knight Foundation (Knight Foundation)

Joint Center for Political & Economic Studies

Joyce Foundation

JPMorgan Chase & Co

Junior Achievement USA / Junior Achievement Worldwide (JA)

JUST Capital

Just Equations

Kapor Foundation

KnowledgeWorks

Kresge Foundation

LeadingAge

League for Innovation in the Community College

Learning Agents

Learning Economy Foundation (LEF)

Level Data

Lightcast (formerly Emsi Burning Glass)

Lilly Endowment Inc.

LinkedIn

Local Initiatives Support Corporation

LRP Media Group

Lumina Foundation

M.E. Davenport Foundation

Manhattan Institute

Markle Foundation

Mastery Transcript Consortium® (MTC) – ETS

McKinsey & Company

MDRC

MedCerts

Mercer

Michigan Works! Association

Micro-credential Multiverse

Microcredentials Partnership of States (MPOS) – DigiLEARN (Digital Learning Institute)

Microsoft

Midwestern Higher Education Compact (MHEC)

Minnesota State System

MLCommons

Moz (SEOMoz)

Muzzy Lane

Nation Fund for Independent Journalism

National Academic Advising Association (NACADA)

National Alliance of Concurrent Enrollment Partnerships (NACEP)

National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) – India

National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC)

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)

National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE)

National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES)

National Association of Higher Education Systems (NASH)

National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (NAICU)

National Association of Manufacturing (NAM)

National Association of State Directors of Adult Education (NASDAE)

National Association of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA)

National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA)

National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA)

National Association of Workforce Boards (NAWB)

National Career Development Association (NCDA)

National Center for Families Learning (NCFL)

National Center for Higher Educational Management Services (NCHEMS)

National Coalition for Literacy (NCL)

National College Credit Recommendation Service (NCCRS)

National College Transition Network (NCTN ) – World Education

National Commission for Certifying Agencies (NCCA)

National Council for State Authorization Reciprocity Agreements (NC-SARA)

National Council for Workforce Education (NCWE)

National Council of State Legislatures (NCSL)

National Council on Aging (NCOA)

National Early Care & Education Workforce Center (ECE Workforce Center)

National Experienced Workforce Solutions- NEW Solutions

National Fund for Workforce Solutions

National Governors Association (NGA)

National Healthcareer Association (NHA)

National Institute for Staff & Organizational Development (NISOD)

National Institute for the Study of Transfer Students (NISTS)

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), U.S. Department of Commerce

National Partnership for Women & Families

National Science Foundation (NSF)

National Skills Coalition (NSC)

National Student Clearinghouse (NSC)

National Urban League (NUL)

National Work Readiness Council

NationSwell

New America

New Classrooms Innovation Partners Inc

New England Board of Higher Education (NEBHE)

New England Commission of Higher Education (NECHE)

New Opportunities Vision and Achievement of Northeast Louisiana (NOVA NELA)

New Profit

North East Community Action Corporation

OASIS Institute

Office of Career, Technical & Adult Education, OCTAE

Office of Community College Research and Leadership (OCCRL)

Ohio Department of Higher Education (ODHE)

Old School

Omidyar Network

Open Campus

Open Skills Network

OpenAI

Opportunity Nation

Opportunity@Work

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

Orijin

Osher National Resource Center/Osher Lifelong Learning Institutes

Owl Labs

Pairin

Panasonic Energy of North America (PENA)

Parchment & Digitary

Parker Dewey

PathStone

Patrick J. McGovern Foundation (PMJF)

Pearson and Pearson VUE

People Inc.

Pew Charitable Trusts

Pew Research Center

PHI

Philadelphia Youth Network

Postsecondary Electronic Standards Council (PESC)

Postsecondary National Policy Institute (PNPI)

Postsecondary Value Commission

Potential.ly

Program on Skills, Credentials & Workforce Policy (PSCWP), George Washington University

Propero Learning Systems

Public Agenda, Inc.

Public Consulting Group

Rand Corporation

ReUp Education

Riipen

Road Scholar

Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

Rural Local Initiatives Support Corporation

Sagamore Institute

San Diego Regional Economic Development Corporation

SAP Training & Adoption

SAS

Schmidt Futures

Schultz Family Foundation

Siegel Family Endowment

Skilled Tomorrow

Skillpoint Alliance

SkillPointe

Skills Enhancement Program – CAP Services

SkillsCommons Repository

SkillsEngine

SkillsIQ

SkillsWave

SkillUp Coalition

Social Finance

Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) & SHRM Foundation

SOLID (Solutions for Information Design), LLC

SOLO Network

Southeast Michigan Community Alliance

Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU)

Southern Regional Education Board (SREB)

Sova Solutions

Sovrin Foundation

SRI International

Stand Together

State Business Executives (SBE)

State Higher Education Executive Officers (SHEEO)

State of Alabama Workforce Development -Talent Triad

State University System of New York – SUNY

Steelcase Foundation

Steppingblocks

Strada Education Foundation

StraighterLine

Student-Ready Strategies

SURF – The Netherlands

T3 Advisory

T3 Innovation Network

Territorium

The Age Diversity Forum

The AI Collective

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation (Mellon Foundation)

The Aspen Institute

The Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS)

The Center for Innovation in Postsecondary Education (CIPE)

The Century Foundation (TCF)

The Coalition on Adult Basic Education (COABE)

The College Board

The Data Foundation

The Hope Center for Student Basic Needs (Temple University)

The Institute for College Access & Success (TICAS)

Third Way

Today’s Students Council – formerly Higher Learning Advocates

Trellis Strategies / Workforce Talent Educators Association

Truist Foundation

Trust Over IP Foundation

Trusted Learner Network (TLN) — Arizona State University

U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA)

Unicon

UnidosUS

United Negro College Fund (UNCF)

University Innovation Alliance

University Instructors

University of Hawai’i Community Colleges (UHCC)

University of North Carolina (UNC) System

University of Texas System & Credential Initiatives

University of the Third Age (u3a)

Unizin

UPCEA

Upwardly Global

Urban Institute

US Chamber of Commerce Foundation

US Department of Education Blockchain Action Network

Valley Initiative for Development and Advancement (VIDA) – Rio Grande Valley, Texas

Vannadium

Velocert

Velocity Network Foundation

W.K. Kellogg Foundation

Walmart Foundation / Walmart

Walton Family Foundation

WASC Senior College and University Commission (WSCUC)

West Monroe

West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission

Westat

WestEd

Western Governors University (WGU)

Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE)

WICHE Cooperative for Educational Technologies (WCET)

Wikipedia

William and Flora Hewlett Foundation (Hewlett Foundation)

Wipfli

Workcred

Workday

Workforce Development Board of Central Ohio (WDBCO) / ASPYR

Workforce Matters

Workforce Science Associates (WSA)

WorkingNation

WorkRise

World Economic Forum (WEF)

Year Up

Yellowdig

Young Invincibles (YI)

YUPRO Placement

Initiatives (599)

$5,000 Bachelor’s Degree Pathway – StraighterLine & University of the People

1EdTech Open Badges Standard

1EdTech’s Digital Credentials Learn & Lead Roundtables

2nd Chances@Work Initiative – Orijin

2U, Inc. / edX Bootcamp Partnership

A Community College’s Guide to Building Strong Partnerships – Education Design Lab

AACRAO Alternative Credentials Initiative / Report

AACRAO Digital Interoperability Initiative

Accelerate ED

Accelerating Opportunity: Kansas

Access in Prison Initiative – JSTOR

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

Adult Learner Centered and Equity Framework (ALCEF) in a SNAP Network — Council for Adult and Experiential Learning (CAEL)

Adult Learning & Literacy Network (ALL IN)

ADVANCE Integrated Education and Training (IET)

Advancing Equity and Upward Mobility through Community College-Employer Partnerships (ACE-UP)

Age-Friendly University Global Network (AFU)

Age-Inclusive Management Strategies (AIMS)- Transamerica Institute

AgeFriendly Jobs Platform- Age Friendly Institute

Ageing and Employment Policies- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD )

AI 2027 Scenario Initiative

AI Academy & Futures Skills Board – General Assembly

AI Education Policy & Practice Ecosystem Framework – WCET

AI Education Policy, Guidelines & Practice Ecosystem Framework 2025 — WCET

AI for Career Development Coalition (AICD)

AI Learning and Innovation Hub – Social Finance

AI Literacy Framework for Primary & Secondary Education— OECD-EC

AI Transfer and Articulation Infrastructure Network (ATAIN)

AI Works for America, a Workforce Development Initiative – Google

AI-Generated Content Best Practices (v1.0) – 1EdTech

Alabama Partnership with Credential Engine

Alabama Talent Triad

Alpha Schools

Alternative Credential Purpose Profile Template – UPCEA

Alternative Credentials: Considerations, Guidance, and Best Practices

America Achieves’ Broadband Initiative

American Opportunity Index

American Workforce Policy Advisory Board, Learning and Employment Records — White House & T3 Innovation Network

AP Career Kickstart – U.S. Chamber of Commerce & College Board

Apprenti Registered Apprenticeship Program

Apprenticeship Accelerator Initiative

Apprenticeship Repository – Registered Apprenticeship Partners Information Database System (RAPIDS) – U.S. Department of Labor

Apprenticeship Repository — Credential Engine Apprenticeship Searchable Database

Apprenticeships for America Initiative

Arizona Learning Mobility Collaborative (AZLMC)

Arkansas LAUNCH — Employer & Jobseeker Platform

Artificial Intelligence Incubator Network — AACC

arXiv(ar5iv) – Cornell University

ASA Center for Career Navigation at JFF

ASU Pocket

BACK TO WORK 50+ – AARP

Bendable (Lifelong Learning Platform) – Bendable Labs & Drucker Institute

Beyond Transfer Policy Advisory Board (PAB)

Bill of Rights / Code of Ethics — American Library Association (ALA)

Binary Accreditation System in India – National Assessment and Accreditation Council

Blueprint for Maryland’s Future – Accountability & Implementation Board

Bridging Education and Employment Through Open Standards – 1EdTech and HR Open Standards Consortium

Bridging the Gap: A State Leader’s Guide to Implementing Summer Bridge Programs (Education Strategy Group)

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

Build Better Careers Initiative – CAEL

Building Capacity, Expanding Pathways: Accelerating the Growth of Credential Innovation in Higher Education – UPCEA

Building Rural Innovation, Designing Educational Strategies (BRIDGES) & The Rural College Practitioner Design & Data Academies

BuildWithin: Software Platform in Apprenticeships

Business Leaders United for Workforce Partnerships – BLU

C-BEN Report: Interoperable Learning & Employment Records – Where knowledge and skills are transparent, accessible and easily shared

C-BEN’s Interoperability Principles Project

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

C-BEN’s Quality Framework

California Reconnect

California State University Public-Private Partnership on Equitable AI Training

Care Workforce Advisory Council – National Skills Coalition (NSC)

Career Bridge

Career Connect Washington (CCW)

Career Connected Campus Designation for Higher Education Institutions – Colorado

Career Connected High School Grant Program

Career Development Incentive Program (CDIP) – State of Colorado

Career Hub- AARP, Indeed

Career Optimism Index- University of Phoenix

Career Passport—California

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

Career Ready by Design: Accelerating Dual Enrollment for the Future of Work – Education Design Lab

CareerEdge Funders Collaborative

CareerNavGPT – SkillUp Coalition

Carnegie Libraries Mapping Project – Carnegie Corporation of New York

Carnegie Math Pathways at WestEd

CASA Latina: Online Bilingual Program – Davenport University

CASE Network: Competencies and Academic Standards Exchange® (CASE®) – 1EdTech Consortium

Catalyze Registry

Catalyzing Transfer Initiative (CTI)

CCA Accelerator – Complete College America

Cedefop’s Microcredentials & Labor Market Research

Center for a Skills First Future (SFF) – SHRM Foundation

Center for Artificial Intelligence & the Future of Work – Jobs for the Future

Center for Justice & Economic Advancement — Jobs for the Future

Center for Skills by C-BEN – Competency-Based Education Network

Center for Skills Validation – Education Design Lab

Center on Education & Labor — New America

Central Ohio Talent Network – SkillsFWD

Centralized DEI (Diversity, Equity & Inclusion) Education Research Platform

Certification + Degree Pathways – Workcred

Certification-Degree Pathways Project (Workcred, UPCEA, APLU)

ChatGPT Edu — OpenAI for Education

ChatGPT Study Mode

Chron — Chronicle of Higher Education

Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) / Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) Crosswalk

Coalition of Networked Organizations (CNI)

Collaborative for Place-based Literacy Funders — Education First

Collective Impact Forum – FSG & Aspen Institute Forum for Community Solutions

College Cost Transparency (CCT) – Strada Education Foundation

College Credit for Industry-Recognized Credentials – State of Ohio

College Credit for Military Experience – North Carolina Military Equivalency System

College Credit Plus- Ohio

College Excellence Program — The Aspen Institute

College Fluency Capacity Building Initiative

Colleges/Universities in National Innovation Network’s I-Corps Hubs – National Science Foundation

Colorado Skills Institute (CSI) – Colorado Community College System

Colorado Wage Outcomes Results Coalition – CO WORC

Colorado’s Advancing Individual Ownership of Assets and Career Determination Initiative

ColoradoFWD – Colorado Workforce Development Council (CWDC)

Commission on the American Workforce – Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC)

Community College Credential Dual Value Framework- Education Equity Solutions

Community Colleges and Communities: Collective Workforce Development and Wraparound Services—League for Innovation in the Community College

Community Vibrancy Framework — Achieving the Dream (ATD)

Competency Model Clearinghouse, US Department of Labor

CompetentU – Competency-Based Education Network (C‑BEN)

Comprehensive Learner Record (CLR) Standard — 1EdTech Consortium

Comprehensive Learner Records Standard Working Group

Connecticut Tech Talent Accelerator (TTA) – Business Higher Education Forum

Constellation of Support: A Capacity-Building Approach to Institutional Change – SHEEO and Student-Ready Strategies

Council for the Study of Community Colleges (CSCC)

Course+Badge Initiative

Coursera Partnership with Center for Workforce Inclusion – Empowering Older Adults with Essential Skills Training

CredCompare – Education Design Lab

Credential As You Go

Credential Chats – AACRAO

Credential Engine Initiative on Equity, Jobs Skills, and Pathways

Credential Engine Learning and Employment Records Action Guide

Credential Engine: Counting Credentials 2025 Report

Credential Integrity Action Alliance (CIAA) – National Healthcareer Association & Ascend Learning

Credential Lab Service & Innovation Center – Higher Learning Commission

Credential Maturity Index – UPCEA

Credential Registry Badge Publisher Tool — Credential Engine

Credential Transparency Description Language (CTDL) – Credential Engine

Credential Value Index (CVI) – Burning Glass Institute

Credential WV

Credentialing: Policy & Implementation – Colorado

Credentialing: Policy & Implementation – Florida

Credentials for the Future Initiative – University of Texas System

Credentials Futures Coalition (CFC)

Credentials Matter

Credentials to Employment: The Last Mile Report – Digital Credentials Consortium

Credit for Prior Learning Policies: A Database of Findings from the ACE-CAEL 50-State Analysis

Credit for Prior Learning Public Policy Community of Practice – CAEL

Credit When It’s Due (CWID) – Reverse Transfer

CredLens

CTE Leadership Collaborative

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

Cybersecurity Bootcamp – Wake Technical Community College (North Carolina)

Cybersecurity Workforce Alliance (CWA)

Das Demografie Netzwerk e.V- The Demography Network

Data 101 – Data Quality Campaign

Data Champions Collaborative – Data Quality Campaign

Data Collaborative for a Skills-based Economy (Data Collab) — Education Design Lab

Decreasing Time to Degree through Student-Centered Course Scheduling- American Association of State Colleges & Universities, Ascendium Education Group

Defining Modern, User-Centered State Longitudinal Data System Design – Actionable Intelligence for Social Policy, Education Commission of the States, Data Quality Campaign, WestEd

Degrees When Due (DWD) – Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP)

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

Demonstrate Value of Industry Certifications through Linking Data – Workcred

Dictionary: Definitions, Use of Key Terms & Concepts in Incremental Credentialing

Digital Learner Records – Comprehensive Learner Records

Digital Skills & Knowledge Concepts Labelling Initiative – European Skills, Competences, Qualifications & Occupations (ESCO)

Digital Skills for Today’s Workforce Act – Proposed Amendment to Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act

Digital Skills Principles – Digital Divide

Digital-Reskilling at Universities (D-Reskill Project)

Direct Admissions Initiative – Alabama

Disrupt the Divide – Jobs for the Future

Domestic Manufacturing Auto Conversion Grants Program (Electric Vehicles) – U.S. Department of Energy

Dual Mission Institutions Initiative — American Council on Education (ACE)

Education and Career Navigation Framework – ACT

Education and Learning for Longer Lives: Building a National Vision for Human Capital Development and Shared Prosperity – Stanford Center on Longevity & Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences

Education and Learning for Older Adults Network (ELOA)- European Society for Research on the Education of Adults (ESREA)

Education Benefit Program – Spectrum & Guild

Education Policy Program — New America

Education Quality Outcomes Standards (EQOS) (EQOS Framework)

EDUCAUSE Microcredentialing

ELEVATE Postsecondary Network – Jobs for the Future (JFF)

Employability Skills Bundle Project — Alamo Colleges District

Employer Engagement Best Practices Guide — C-BEN

Employer Partnership Asset Mapping – Kentucky Community & Technical College System (KCTCS)

Employer Pledge Program- AARP

Employer Resource Center- AARP

Employment & Participation – AGE Platform Europe

Empower Community and Technical Colleges in Regional Innovation Ecosystems – New America / NSF

End of Term Archive Initiative

Enhancing Global Learning Mobility Through Credential Transparency – AACRAO / Credential Engine

Equity in Digital Learning Student Survey – Every Learner Everywhere

ESCO–NACE Crosswalk – European Commission

ESCOpedia – European Skills, Competences, Qualifications and Occupations (ESCO)

Essential Learning Outcomes Framework — AAC&U

EU Digital Identity Wallets – European Union

European Battery Alliance / European Battery Alliance Academy (Industry Sector Initiative)

European Blockchain Partnership (EBP)

European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS)

European Digital Education Hub & EU Digital Education Action Plan

European Year of Skills

Evaluation of the Achieve Your Degree (AYD) Program at Ivy Tech Community College – RAND Corporation

Every Learner Everywhere

Examining the Return on Investment of Manufacturing Credentials (Workcred research)

Exhibitions Industry Collective + Workforce Development Initiative

Expand Acceptance of Digital Records and Credentials Initiative

Expanding Institutional Capacity for Employer Engagement in Credential Innovation – UPCEA

Expanding the Learner Record: XLR Project

Experience You – Education Design Lab & T3 Innovation Network

Experience You: Bring Your Past Forward – LERs

Fair Chance to Advance Initiative – Jobs for the Future (JFF)

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

Federal Youth Apprentice Pathway Program (U.S. Department of Labor’s ETA)

Flexible Products Fabrication Community of Practice (FPFC) – Urban Manufacturing Alliance

Florida Collegiate Purple Star Campus Program (Military)

Florida Ready to Work – Assessments & Courseware

Forming STARS — Wisconsin

Forum for Community Solutions — The Aspen Institute

Framework for Advancing Equitable Credit for Prior Learning – REACH Guidebook Series

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

Frontier Set

Frontline Talent of the Future – World Economic Forum and McKinsey & Company

Future of Work and the Innovation Economy (FOWIE) Initiative – New America

Future of Work@50+ – AARP

Future Universities Alliance – Led by Duke University

Futurenav Compass- Educational Testing Service

FutureReady States— Lumina Foundation

Gallup Polls, Reports, & Partnerships

Generative AI Adoption Tracker- The Project on Workforce

Global Alliance for Skills to Aid Economic Renaissance and Labor Market Transitions

Global Learner Pathway, Pathways Model, & Cross-Border Partnership in Nursing — Alamo Colleges District

Global Micro-Credential Schema Mapping Project – Credential Engine

Golden State Pathways Program (GSPP) – State of California

Good Jobs Economy Project

Good Jobs Hawai’i Initiative

Governance and Technology Needs for Implementing Issuer Registries within Learning and Employment Record Ecosystems –DCC and Credential Engine

Graduate-Level Microcredentials & Workforce Needs – Council of Graduate Schools

Guide: The 6 Anchors of Student Retention – Proven Strategies for Long-Term Student Success & Engagement in Adult Education

Hallmarks of Excellence in Credential Innovation – UPCEA

Hawai‘i Renewable Learning Fund – Social Finance

Hawai‘i’s Public Classifications of Credentials & Promising Credentials in Hawai’I Report

HBCU Adult Learner Initiative (ALI)

HBCUv

Healthcare-Focused High Schools – Bloomberg Philanthropies

Higher Education Democracy Exchange (HEDx) – Campus Compact and AAC&U

Holistic Advising for Student Success— State Higher Education Executive Officers Association (SHEEO)

HR Tech Initiatives – LRP Media Group

Humanity AI – Philanthropic Foundation Coalition

IDB Digital Credential Framework (Inter-American Development Bank)

Impact Funders Forum (IFF) – Pew Charitable Trusts

Implementing ROI Dashboards – Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges (ACCJC)

Improving Economic Mobility for Adult Learners Initiative – Achieving the Dream & Jobs for the Future

Inaugural Equity Toolkit for Community Colleges – Achieving the Dream

Indiana Model Credit for Prior Learning Policy Guidance

Indiana Partnership with Credential Engine

Industry Certification Education & Performance Data System Initiative

Industry Credentials & Education Performance Data System

Industry Credentials Initiative

Initiative to Update Carnegie Classifications – ACE & Carnegie Foundation

Innovations in Credentialing – Western Governors University

InterGen Project – International Labor Organization (ILO)

Internship Service Provider Model — Alchemy

Interstate Passport® (Transfer)

Inventory of Community College Baccalaureate Degree Programs

Issuer Registries in Practice: Credential Engine & Digital Credentials Consortium Collaboration

Javelina Skilled Trades Academy – Texas A & M University-Kingsville, Texas

Job & Skill Trends Tool – EUROPASS & ESCO

Job Quality Initiative – Aspen Institute’s EOP & U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation

Job Quality Measurement Initiative & Good Jobs Initiative – U.S. Department of Labor Collaborative

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

Jobs and Employment Data Exchange (JEDx)

Just Equations

Justice and Mobility Fund — Blue Meridian Partners

Kentucky Chamber Workforce Center (KCWC) – Kentucky Chamber Foundation

Kentucky Graduate Profile and Profile Academy

Knowing-Doing Network (KDN) – Brookings Institution

Later Life Workplace Index (LLWI) – Leuphana University, Lüneburg, Germany

Launch: Equitable & Accelerated Pathways for All – Education Strategy Group

Learn & Work Ecosystem Library

Learner Variability Navigator – Digital Promise

Learning Evaluation & Recognition for the Next Generation (LEARN) Commission – AACRAO & SOVA

Learning in Public — College Unbound

Learning Mobility — AACRAO

Learning Society – Stanford Center on Longevity

LER Accelerator

LER and Achievement Wallet – Western Governors University & Indiana Achievement Wallet

LER Ecosystem Map (Learning & Employment Records)

LER Resource Library – T3 Innovation Network

LER Toolkit – T3 Innovation Network

Lessons Learned from Launching a Micro-credential Program, Kennesaw State University

Let’s Get Ready! A Roadmap for Governors – National Governors Association (NGA)

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

LifeJourney – AI-Powered Skills & Competency Toolkit

Lifelong Learning Passport: Skyway Initiative – Learning Economy Foundation

Linked, Open Languages/schemas (CTDL & CTDL-ASN)

Managing Self-Sovereign Learning and Employment Records through LER.me – EBSCOed

Mapping Learning & Employment Records (LERs)

Mapping Upward Project – OCTAE

Massachusetts Alliance for Early College (MA4EC)

Massachusetts Microcredential Coalition – Northeastern University

MassSkills Coalition – Massachusetts

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

MERLOT – Multimedia Education Resource for Learning & Online Teaching

Miami Dade College Registered Apprenticeship Program – Florida

Micro-credentials Portal – eCampusOntario (Canada)

Micro-Pathway Design Initiative — Alamo Colleges District

Micro-pathways – Community College Growth Engine Fund (Education Design Lab)

Microcredential Initiative – State University System of New York (SUNY)

Microcredential Initiative – University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Microcredential Pathways in Behavioral Health – Colorado

Microcredentials Community of Practice (CoP) — National Association of System Heads (NASH) & Google

Microcredentials for Teacher Education – State Developments & Digital Promise

Microcredentials Pilot in Higher Education — Australian Government Department of Education

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

MicroCreds National Project – Irish Universities Association

Midwest Credential Transparency Alliance (MCTA)

Mississippi Apprenticeship Accelerator & Mississippi Reconnect

MonarchSphere – Old Dominion University & Google AI Incubator

Montana 10 Student Support Program – Montana University System

Multi-State Agreement: Data Analytics for Student Success, Institutional Efficiencies, & Integration – Midwestern Higher Education Compact & SAS Institute, Inc.

Multi-State Data Collaborative (MSDC) – NASWA

Multiple Pathways Initiative – Business Roundtable

NACE Competency Assessment Tool

National Accreditation Commission (NAC) & Accreditation Information Hub (AIHub)

National Applied Artificial Intelligence Consortium (NAAIC)

National Employ Older Workers Week – U.S. Department of Labor (DOL)

National Framework of Qualifications (NFQ) – Ireland

National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE) Workforce Framework for Cybersecurity — National Institute for Standards & Technology (NIST)

National Institute for the Study of Transfer Students (NISTS)

National Labor Exchange (NLx) – National Association of State Workforce Agencies

National Pathways Initiative

National Project on Apprenticeship Standards and Interoperability (PASI) – C-BEN & Alabama Commission on Higher Education

National Work Readiness Credentials – National Work Readiness Council

Navajo Nation Talent Marketplace

Navigating Public Job Training (Research Report from Harvard Project on Workforce)

NC Community Colleges Boost — North Carolina Community College System

Network Coordination Hub for National Network for Microelectronics Education – National Science Foundation & Department of Commerce

New Future of Work (NFW) — Microsoft

New Jersey Pathways to Career Opportunities

New Math Pathways for Adult Learners – Competency-Based Education Network (C-BEN) & New Classrooms

NewPathways Campaign (K-12) – Getting Smart

NextLadder Ventures – Ballmer Group, Gates Foundation, Stand Together, Valhalla Foundation & John Overdeck

Non-Degree Credentials Research Network (NCRN)

Noncredit and Credit Alignment Lab (NCAL)

Noncredit Mobility Academy

Noncredit Research Collaborative

North Dakota Digital Credential Publishing Application – State of North Dakota

North Dakota Partnership with Credential Engine

NOVA Workforce and Professional Development

Occupational Mobility Explorer – Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia & Cleveland

Older Adult Workers Resource Center – New York State Department of Labor & New York State Office for the Aging

OneTen

Open Data Platform – U.S. Department of Education

Open Skills Network (OSN) – Western Governors University

Open Syllabus

openRSD – Edalex

OpenStax (Open Educational Resources) – Rice University

Outcomes for Opportunity (O4O) – Jobs for the Future & Google.org

Panasonic Energy Workforce Partnerships — Electric Vehicle Battery & Advanced Manufacturing Sectors

Paraprofessional to Certified Teacher Program (PaCT) Program – Idaho State University

Partnership between Maryland State Corrections & University System of Maryland

Partnership to Advance Edtech Ecosystem – 1EdTech & Digital Promise

Partnership to Expand the Use of Competency-based Education in the Automotive Sector – C-BEN & International Advanced Vehicle Technology Education and Credentialing Coalition (AVTECC)

Partnership to Integrate Wayback Machine into Google Search Results – Google & Internet Archive

Partnerships and Products – Coursera, Inc.

Pathsmith™ (Durable Skills Advantage Framework) – America Succeeds

Pathways in Technology Early College High School (P-TECH)

Pathways to Credentials – CTE Technical Assistance (US Department of Education)

PLA Inside Out: An International Journal on Theory, Research and Practice in Prior Learning Assessment

Playbook: Building Incremental Credentials (Credential As You Go)

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

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

Playbook: Incremental Credentialing at the Graduate Level (Credential As You Go)

Playbook: Incremental Credentialing Framework (Credential As You Go)

Playbook: Learner Supports (Credential As You Go)

Playbook: Making the Case (Credential As You Go)

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

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

Playbook: Quality, Trust & Value of Incremental Credentials (Credential As You Go)

Playbook: Technology-Integrated Credential Management (Credential As You Go)

Playbook: The Power of Partnerships in Creating Incremental Credentials – Credential As You Go

Policy Academy to Advance Data Dashboards Measuring Student & System Success – National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center)

Policy-for-the-People (P4P)- Georgetown University

Postsecondary Employment Outcomes (PSEO) Coalition – Texas Higher Education Foundation & U.S. Census Bureau

Postsecondary State Network — Jobs for the Future

Postsecondary Value Framework – Postsecondary Value Commission

Powering Trust in Skills — Competency-Based Education Network (C-BEN)

Prior Learning Network– American Council on Education

Project Infuse: Democratizing Access to Digital Credentials – AACRAO

Project Kitty Hawk – North Carolina

Project on Degree Apprenticeships – New America

Project Unicorn (Data Interoperability in K-12 Education)

Promising Practices Database: Community College Baccalaureate Degrees

Propel NC – North Carolina Community College System (NCCCS)

Propel Polk! Credentialing 21st Century Skills for Postsecondary Success

Quality and In-Demand Non-Degree Credentials Framework – Colorado

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

Quality Assurance Standards for Microcredentials – Microcredentials Partnership of States

Quality Skills and Education Pathways — The Pew Charitable Trusts

Racial Equity for Adult Credentials In Higher Education (REACH) Collaborative

Raise the Bar: Unlocking Career Success – ED

Rasmussen University Phase 1 Comprehensive Learning Record Project

Reach University Apprenticeship-based Degrees

Recognition of International Accreditation Organizations – Council for Higher Education Accreditation

Recommended LER Technical and Functional Requirements — Velocity Network Foundation

Recover Stronger

Reentry 2030

Registered Apprenticeship Policy Academies – National Governors Association (NGA)

Reimagining Community Colleges Design Challenge – Ed Design Lab

Report: 8 Reasons Why Skills Training Is Key To Economic Prosperity: The Empirical Case For Investments In Workforce Development — National Skills Coalition

Report: A Launchpad for Life: A Vision for Purposeful Pathways for All Students – Commission on Purposeful Pathways

Report: A Nation at Risk to A Nation at Work: The Case for a National Talent Strategy – Commission on the American Workforce / Bipartisan Policy Commission

Reporting on Apprenticeships as a Critical Pathway to Success – Inside Higher Ed

Research & Data Tracker: Which Community College Awards Are Likely to Prepare Students for Post-Completion Success & Community College Awards Earnings Tracker (CCRC)

Research Blog: Assessment and evaluation of microcredentials: What success looks like and to whom

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

Research Report: “Degrees of Risk”—American Student Assistance & Jobs for the Future

Research Report: “Governors Reshaping Workforce Development: Turning WIOA Challenges into Workforce Solutions”– Project on Workforce & National Governors Association

Research Report: 2024 National DACA Survey

Research Report: Big Insights from Small and Mid-Sized Businesses – Business Leaders United

Research Report: Community College Student Trends—CompTIA, Inc.

Research Report: Credentials-to-Jobs Misalignment – Georgetown Center on Education and the Workforce (CEW)

Research Report: Forum Guide to Student Mobility Data – National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)

Research Report: Older Workers Are Growing in Number and Earning Higher Wages – Pew Research Center

Research Report: Pulse of the Library 2025 — Clarivate

Research Report: The State of Career Technical Education: Credentials of Value – Advance CTE

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

Research: “Launchpad Jobs: Achieving Career and Economic Success Without a Degree” — American Student Assistance & Burning Glass Institute

Research: 2024 Higher Education Trend Watch – EDUCAUSE

Research: 2024 Top 10 Information Technology Issues – EDUCAUSE

Research: 2024/2025 Skills Snapshot Survey Report – Mercer

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

Research: Annual State of Hybrid Work Reports – Owl Labs

Research: Blue-Collar Workers — Pew Research Center

Research: Competitive Advantage of the Win-Win Workplace – Future Forward Institute, JUST Capital & Burning Glass Institute

Research: Connection between Degree & Non-Degree Credentials Among College Graduates – Workcred

Research: Monster 2026 Job Market Outlook

Research: National Study of Workplace Equity – Boston College of Social Work & the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM)

Research: Rising Talent – WGU Labs

Research: Skills-First: Reimagining the Labor Market and Breaking Down Barriers – LinkedIn

Research: State Practices Around Industry Certification (EERC Rutgers University)

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

Research: The Landscape of Skill-Related Taxonomies – George Washington University

Research: The Survey of Business Uncertainty (SBU)-Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

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

ResearchDataGov (RDG) – ICPSR

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

Rework America Alliance

RuralTogether – Education Design Lab

Scaling Learner Opportunity and Economic Growth Across Arkansas – Education Design Lab

Scaling Manufacturing and Renewables Training in Iowa (SMART Iowa)

Scaling Shortened Academic Terms – Achieving the Dream (ATD) & Community College Research Center (CCRC)

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

Scaling Up College Completion Efforts for Student Success (SUCCESS) – MDRC

Seal of Excelencia Framework – Institution Certification to Serve Latino Students

Second Chance Business Coalition (Employment/Advancement for People with Criminal Records)

Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP) – National Council on Aging (NCOA)

Senior Planet- AARP

Serving Rural America through Land-Grant Colleges & Universities: Unlocking the Workforce Development Potential of Extension Services – NCHEMS

Short-term Credential Provider Endorsement – Higher Learning Commission

Short-Term-Credential Typology (HCM Strategists)

Single Moms Success Design Challenge – Education Design Lab & ECMC

Skilled Through Alternative Routes (STARs) – Opportunity@Work

Skillful – Markle Foundation, Rework America Alliance, Jobs for the Future

Skills Builder for Work- AARP

Skills Compass Platform – CAEL

Skills Scoop

Skills Taxonomy (Open Skills) – Lightcast

Skills Validation Guidebook – Education Design Lab

Skills-Based Hiring Tools for Employers – iDatafy LLC

Skills-Based Practices: An Employer Journey Map – Maturity Diagnostic & Readiness Assessment – Jobs for the Future

Skills-Based Talent Ecosystem – ETS & SHRM

Skills-Driven State Community of Practice Initiative — National Governors Association

Skills-First Hiring for State Government-California

Skills-First Workforce Initiative

SkillsAware (Australia)

SkillsEngine – Texas State Technical College (TSTC)

SkillsFWD

SkillStorm

SkyHive® Platform

SmartResume – iDatafy LLC

SNHU 2025

Solutions for Information Design (SOLID) for Military Populations

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

Some College, No Degree — New Jersey Re-enrollment Initiative

Southeastern Regional Talent Ecosystem Pilot – AACRAO, Tennessee, Alabama

SparkNC

Stackability Guide

State Apprenticeship Expansion Formula (SAEF) Grants – U.S. Department of Labor

State Approaches to Short-Term Postsecondary Credentials: Challenges, Opportunities, and Policy Gaps – WICHE

State Authorization Network (SAN)

State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement (SARA)

State Opportunity Index – Strada Education Foundation

State Skills-Based Hiring in the Public Sector – NGA

State-by State Analysis of High School Work-based Learning Policies – American Student Assistance & Bellwether Education Partners

Statewide Prison Education Program in Wisconsin

STEM Talent Challenge – EDA

STEM Transfer Partnership (STP) – State of Washington

STEM60+ – Skilled Tomorrow

Strengthening the Rural Workforce through Collaborative Design- Education Design Lab

Strong Foundations Survey + State Postsecondary Data & Communities of Practice – SHEEO

Stronger Nation Report – Lumina Foundation

Student Success Center Network — Jobs for the Future

Student Voices Informing Practice in Noncredit Workforce Education- Education and Employment Research Center & National Council for Workforce Education

Student Worker Employment for Skills-Based Success – ASU

Study Hall: Arizona State University, YouTube, and Crash Course Partnership

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

SUNY and CUNY Reconnect Initiative – New York

Support Student Success through Holistic Credit Mobility Policies, Practices, & Technologies – Ithaka S+R & Complete College America

Supporting Adult Learners and Boosting Degree Completion in Tennessee + Tennessee Reconnect

Synchronizing Pathways: Expanding Institutional Capacity for Improving Credential Data Quality and Learning Mobility- UPCEA

T-Profile Builder (Education Design Lab)

Talent Finance – U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation

Talent Pipeline Management Initiative (TPM)- U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation

Teacher Occupation Apprenticeship Program – Tennessee

Tech Hub in the Quantum Industry – Mountain West, Elevate Quantum

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

Temple University’s Comprehensive Learner Record Initiative

Tennessee Board of Regents’ Comprehensive Learner Record Initiative

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

Texas Talent Accelerator- University of North Texas

The Big 10 Competencies for Transformational Leadership & Change (TLC) — College Unbound

The Brookings Institution’s Earn-and-Learn Project

The Commission for Public Higher Education (CPHE) – Accreditation Option for 6 Southern States

The Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education – U.S. Department of Education & White House

The Definitive Micro-credential Glossary of Terms

The Digital Badging Commission – United Kingdom

The Education Blockchain Initiative

The EdUp Experience Podcast Network

The European Higher Education Interoperability Framework (HEIF)

The Good Jobs Project

The Great Admissions Redesign – Lumina Foundation

The Great Value Shift Roadmap – Education Strategy Group

The HR Open Standards Resume/CV Project

The Learner Credential Wallet

The Learner Information Framework (LIF)

The LER Ecosystem Report & Ecosystem Map

The Manufacturing Readiness Project – SOLID LLC

The MICROBOL Project

The National Career Clusters® Framework – Advance CTE

The Power of Systems Initiative – NASH

The State of Digital Credentials 2022 Guide & 2024 State of Credentialing Report (Accredible)

The Workforce Almanac (Harvard University)

The Workforce Futures Initiative

Today’s Military Learners – American Council on Education

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)

Toolkit: Unlocking the Power of Peers – CARA (College Access: Research & Action)

Tools & Regulations Impacting College Selection Processes – U.S. Department of Education

Tracking Transfer & Transfer Playbook 2.0 — The Aspen Institute & Community College Research Center

Trailhead – Salesforce

Training Older, Lower-Income Adults in Digital Skills for Economic Security – AARP Foundation/ Older Adults Technology Services

Transfer Agreement Credit Alignment Model (TACAM) – AcademyOne & Credential Engine

Transfer Pathways to the Liberal Arts Initiative + Evaluation by Ithaka S+R

Transformers in the Public Sector – Opportunity@Work

TrustEd Microcredential Coalition — 1EdTech Consortium

U.S. Department of Education Resource Library—European Edtech Alliance (EEA)

Understanding the Landscape of Industry Certifications

Unified Credential Framework (UCF) – Western Governors University

Union of Skills – European Commission

United States Qualification Framework (USQF)

Universal Credit Transfer Explorer – Ithaka S+R

Universal European Degree – European Union

University Efforts to Serve Working Learners – Georgia Institute of Technology & Western Governors University

University of Georgia Comprehensive Learner Record (CLR)

Unizin Data Platform & the Caliper Analytics Standard

Unlocking Opportunity – Community College Research Center & Aspen Institute

Unmudl Skills-to-Jobs Marketplace

Upward Mobility Initiative – Urban Institute

Valid Assessment of Learning in Undergraduate Education (VALUE) — AAC&U

VALID-8 — Vametric

Validated Skills – Accelerate Montana – Montana Credential Registry

Value Data Collaborative (VDC)

Velocert Globally Interoperable Micro-credential Initiative – United Kingdom

vsbl — Education Design Lab

Wellspring Initiative, Phases 1 & 2 — 1EdTech

WIOA Workforce Programs

Work & Jobs Platform – AARP

Work 4.0 (Arbeit 4.0) – German Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs

Work Forces Podcasts

Work Shift

Work-Integrated Learning Accelerator – Arizona State University

Work-Integrated Learning Accelerator – Arizona State University (ASU)

Work+ and Work+Collective – Consortium managed by Arizona State University

Workforce Compass

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

Workforce Equity Dashboard & Advancing Workforce Equity Guide – National Fund for Workforce Solutions

Workforce of the Future Playbook – Federal Government

Workforce Partnership Initiative – Business Higher Education Forum & Business Roundtable

Workforce Training Partnerships, Good Jobs Challenge, US Department of Commerce

Workforce Training Resource Center- National Council on Aging (NCOA)

Workplace Innovation Now (WIN) Challenge – Aspen Institute & Pivotal Ventures

XCredit Skills Validation – Education Design Lab

Year to Career Through Micro-Pathways – Colorado Community College System

Young Adult Talent Development Network

Z-Degree Initiatives

Topic Briefs (147)

Academic Advising

Accountability Framework in Higher Education

Accreditation

Adult Learners: Second-chance Options, Accelerated Options

AI Architectures in the Workplace: Large Language Models & Closed-Circuit AI Systems

AI Coaching for Employees

AI Evaluation Ecosystem

AI Hiring Discrimination Lawsuits

AI Tools for Searchers and Researchers: Conversational AI & Deep Research

Alternative Credentials

Antitrust Lawsuits in Higher Education and Businesses

Apprenticeship / Apprenticeships

Artificial Intelligence in K-12, Higher Education, and the Workplace

Auto-award (Automatic)

Automated Screening for Hiring Processes / Applicant Tracking System

Badge Backpack, Digital Wallet

Badge, Skills Badge, Open Badge, Competency Badge

Blockchain

Career & Technical Education (CTE): Building Talent Pipelines

Career Coaches, Career Coaching

Career Credential

Career Pathways

Certificate

Certification

Changes in Teaching and Learning in the 21st Century—Pedagogy, Andragogy, and Heutagogy

Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP)

Community College Baccalaureate Degrees (CCB)

Competency Models, Skills Models & Learning Frameworks

Competency-Based Education (CBE)

Competency-Based Job Descriptions

Comprehensive Background Screening and Risk Management, Especially in Highly Regulated Industry Sectors

Concurrent / Dual Enrollment

Converging Terms: Digital Literacy & Information Literacy

Credential Interoperability Frameworks

Credential Registry

Credentials – Research

Credentials For Young Adults – Research

Credit Interoperability

Credit Pathways, Noncredit-to-Credit Articulation

Degree

Digital Credential Ecosystem / Marketplace

Digital Credentials

Digital Decay, Internet Poisoning, and Digital Archiving

Digital Employee Experience (DEX)

Digital Equity

Digital Libraries in the Learn-and-Work Ecosystem

Digital Platforms

Digital Provenance

Directory of International Quality Assurance Bodies, Accreditation Bodies & Ministries of Education

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI)

Early Adopters & Early Adoption Practices in Learn-and-Work Ecosystem

Economic Singularity: Humans & AI

Eligible Training Provider List (ETPL)

Employer Partnerships With Education Providers

Employer Training & Credentialing

Employer Tuition Assistance Program / Employee Tuition Reimbursement – Finance

Employer-Led Skills Pathways & Workforce Development Initiatives

Employer‑Operated Apprenticeship Programs

Enrollment and Completion Databases

Foundations

Fraudulent Credentials

Frontloaded Embedded Non-degree Pathways

Funding Models – Organizations, Institutions

Gated Content | Gated Information

Ghosting Students (Ghost Students)

Global Trends: How National Qualifications (QF) Frameworks Are Evolving to Recognize Short-Form Learning

Goodwill Career Centers

Google–Wayback Machine Partnership and Its Role in the Learn-and-Work Ecosystem

Governor Executive Orders in the Learn-And-Work Ecosystem

GradPLUS loans / Finance Option

Graduate/Professional Education in the Learn-and-Work Ecosystem

Growth of Digital Tools: Digital Wallets, Skills Passports, and Digital ID Wallets

Guided Pathways

HR Open Standards Consortium

Importance of Search Engines in Learn-and-Work Ecosystem

Income Sharing Agreements (ISA)

Incremental Credential / Incremental Credentialing System / Incremental Credentialing Framework

Industry-Specific High Schools: Bridging Education and Workforce Needs

Innovations in Higher Education: Preparing for the Future of Learning & Work

Institute for Credentialing Excellence – Serving Certification/Certificate Industry

Institutional Accrediting Agencies in Higher Education

Interstate Regional Compacts in Higher Education

Key Communications Organizations Informing the Public

Language & AI: Understanding the English Machine

Library as Information Aggregator Database: Continuum Model of Data to Information, Information to Knowledge, Knowledge to Wisdom

Licensing & Licensing Boards

Machine-Human Workforce

Marketing

Mentorships / Mentors

Microcredential (Micro-Credential)

Military Crosswalks & Credentialing

Modular Learning

MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses)

Multi-Organization Collaborations in the Learn-and-Work Ecosystem

National Accrediting Organizations (Programs) & Specialized Accreditors In Higher Education

New Finance Options: Interest-free Loans & Outcomes-based Loans

Non-degree Credentials

Older Workers in the Workforce

Online Encyclopedias & Emerging Knowledge Interfaces

Open Competency Framework Collaborative Network (OCF Collab)

Open Educational Resources (OER)

Outcomes-Based Training Pathways in the Learn-and-Work Ecosystem

ParentPLUS Loans / Finance Option

Pell, Short Term Pell, Workforce Pell – Finance

Policy & Practice Research: Workforce education, CBE, Career Navigation, Performance/Accountability, Student Transfer

Polyworking — Workers, Employers & Shifting Labor Landscape

Postsecondary Education in Prisons

Prior Learning Assessment, Credit for Prior Learning, Recognition of Prior Learning

Prisons As Credential Provider – Correctional Education

Qualifications Frameworks (QFs)

Quality Assurance, Compliance & International Standards that Impact Companies

Quality Non-degree Credential

Regulation/Policy in Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Remedial/Developmental Education in Postsecondary Education

Research on Artificial Intelligence (AI) Adoption in Libraries (2023–2025)

Research Parks | Science or Technology Parks

Reverse Transfer / Reverse Transfer Associate Degrees

Rise of an AI-Powered Workforce

Shared Governance in the Learn & Work Ecosystem — Including AI Impacts

Shifts in the Balance in Governance of Higher Education: Academic Freedom, Shared Governance, Curriculum & Institutional Speech

Short-term Credentials, Short-term Training

Shortened Academic Terms

Skilled Trades

Skills Profiling / Skills Profile

Skills Visibility in the Evolving Skills-Based Economy

Skills Vs. Competencies

Skills-based Hiring

Social Capital

Stackable Credentials

Student Bill of Rights

Student Financial Aid Models – Finance

T3 Innovation Network – T3 Network Resource Hub

Talent Hubs

Talent Rotation in the AI Era

Technology Systems & Tools in Learn-and-Work Ecosystem

The Rise of Mega-Universities

The Role of Workforce Boards in the Learn-and-Work Ecosystem

Three-year Baccalaureate Degree (Accelerated, Fast Track, or Reduced Credit Degree Programs)

Trade Schools

Transfer, Learning Mobility & Articulation

Tuition Reciprocity & Regional Tuition Exchange Programs

Two-Generation Approach (2Gen Approach)

Unions

Video Recruiting

Work Colleges

Workforce Certificates, Certifications, Occupational Certifications, Occupational Licenses

Workforce Development in the Shipbuilding Industry