Developing a Skilled Workforce
Governor John Engler President Business Roundtable http://businessroundtable.org/
Developing an American Credentials Framework: Learning from International Experiences and Re-Examining the U.S Credentialing System
This report describes the use of frameworks and how they are applied across the globe.
Developing Competency-Based Programs in Three Community Colleges
This report describes how Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training (TAACCCT) funding was used to improve college programs. Managed by Mathematica Policy Research and funded by the public sector.
Digital Credentialing Currency Framework Initiative
Digital Credentialing Currency Framework Initiative: By collectively investigating and pursuing a framework for developing social, academic, and professional currency for digital credentials, IMS seeks to ensure that credentials are developed, used, and valued in consequential ways. The framework aims to help organizations, institutions, and individuals develop, issue, earn, and share digital credentials in ways that are readily understandable, easy to reproduce, and that carry value for all stakeholders in a…
Discover Manufacturing Employer Group
Discover Manufacturing is a partnership between Michigan Works!, community colleges, higher education institutions, economic developers, and of course, manufacturers. Discover Manufacturing is uniquely positioned to positively impact the talent needs of manufacturers. By organizing and aggregating the voice of manufacturers from throughout the West Michigan labor shed, the workforce development and educational partners can respond in both the short-term – with talent available, as well as long-term – by adding…
Diversity of Credentials
Tony Carnevale Director and Research Professor Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce https://cew.georgetown.edu/
DOL Pathways out of Poverty, Southwest Solutions Center for Working Families
Financial coaching, workforce development coaching, employment and income support integrated into one system for one-on-one coaching. Managed by Southwest Solutions and funded by the U.S. Department of Labor. https://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/eta/eta20100039.htm http://www.swsol.org/center-for-working-families/
Drive to 55 Project Capacity Fund
As a result of the success of the Governor’s Drive to 55 initiative, institutions experienced a need to enhance program and infrastructure capacity in order to meet an increased demand for postsecondary credentials and workforce training. To help institutions increase capacity, the Tennessee Higher Education Commission awarded $24.25 million through a competitive grant process. Managed by Drive to 55 Project Capacity Fund and funded by the State of Tennessee.
