This report shows how various states are handling non-degree certificates. States include Alabama, California, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Illinois, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin. Managed by the Workforce Data Quality Campaign and funded by the Apollo Education Group, Joyce and Lumina Foundations.
Credential Engine, Credential Engine web 3.0, Common Definitions/Registry for all credentials. Managed by Credential Engine and funded by the Lumina Foundation.
Elizabeth Shuler Secretary – Treasurer AFL-CIO http://www.aflcio.org/About
Credential Transparency Initiative aims to create greater coherence, and transparency in the U.S. credentialing marketplace by: developing a common terminology for describing key features of credentials; creating a voluntary, web-based “registry” for sharing the resulting information; and testing practical “app” options to help produce searches that would benefit employers, students, educators and others. Managed by Credential Engine and funded by Microsoft, JP Morgan Chase and the Lumina Foundation.
A partnership of states to increase the high school graduation rate and give students the workforce skills and abilities needed for a successful career. The partnership includes: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and West Virginia.
Byron Auguste Managing Director Opportunity@Work http://www.opportunityatwork.org/
Credit When It’s Due is a 16-state initiative aimed at increasing associate’s degree conferral for transfer students who meet associate’s degree requirements while on route to baccalaureate degree at 4-year institution. In addition to increasing associate’s degree attainment, CWID has impacted transfer & articulation policies more broadly, improving inefficiencies in processes/policies, removing barriers to degree completion, and strengthening technology infrastructure to support transfer and articulation. Managed by the Office of…