Connecting Credentials: Connecting Workforce & Academic Credentials in Systemic Ways
Mary Alice McCarthy will make the case for Flipping the Paradigm of credit transfer practices to build training-based pathways to the Bachelor’s degree. Keith Bird will discuss how increased employer engagement and better integration of the academic and workforce roles of community colleges is transforming both academic and workforce credentials and creating pathways between the two. Evelyn Ganzglass will moderate and discuss six dimensions of credential quality that post-secondary educational…
Connecting Credentials: Flexible Learning & Credentialing Pathways for Young People
How can we evolve learning and credentialing pathways for young people in the K-12 system so that they include a broad ecosystem of credentialing and learning environments, and keep young people on the path to college, career and civic readiness? What will it take for these pathways to be robust and flexible enough to meet the needs of all young people, especially our most marginalized and vulnerable; to align with…
Connecting Credentials: Lessons from National Summit on Credentialing
This piece details a call to action for all to get involved in credentialing reform. Managed by Corporation for a Skilled Workforce and funded by the Lumina Foundation.
Connecting Credentials: Making the Case for Reforming the U.S. Credentialing System
A publication explaining the pitfalls in earning credentials in the U.S. Managed by Corporation for a Skilled Workforce and funded by the Lumina Foundation.
Consistency
Elizabeth Shuler Secretary – Treasurer AFL-CIO http://www.aflcio.org/About
Consortium for the Assessment of College Equivalency
Consortium for the Assessment of College Equivalency Established standards for assessment of credentials from non-collegial sources to award credit toward a degree through a Memorandum of Agreement signed by six colleges. Participating colleges accept notarized documents from credential source (a transcript is not required). Managed and funded by the Consortium for the Assessment of College Equivalency (includes Empire State, Excelsior, Thomas Edison, Granite State, Community College of Vermont, Charter Oak).
Construction Workforce Development Alliance
The Construction Workforce Development Alliance of West Michigan (CWDA) was created by the Associated Builders and Contractors Western Michigan Chapter (ABCWM), American Subcontractors Association of Michigan (ASAM), and Home Builders Association of Greater Grand Rapids (HBAGGR). We want to present the construction industry as a smart career option. Partnership with Grand Rapids Community College (GRCC). Managed and funded by the Construction Workforce Development Alliance.
Cracking the Credit Hour
This report takes a close look at the credit hour and its impact on consumers’ ability to advance in their careers. Managed by new America, written by Amy Laitinen and funded by the Gates and Lumina Foundations. https://www.newamerica.org/
