Resources

The state of credentialing in the United States has produced a body of rich, thought provoking research and publications covering a myriad of topics relating, in some way, to all of the pieces of the multi-layered and complex world of credentialing.

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It’s the Learning, Stupid

Topic: Learner Mobility / Funder: Foundation / Type: Reports

CEO Jamie Merisotis talks about Lumina’s goal of increasing the number of adults with college degrees from 40% to 60% by 2025. Managed and funded by the Lumina Foundation.

Keynote: Arthur Levine – Parchment Summit on Innovating Academic Credentials

Topic: Learner Mobility / Funder: Other / Type: Multimedia

Lack of Transparency in our Credentialing System

Topic: Learner Mobility / Funder: Other / Type: Multimedia

Tony Carnevale Director and Research Professor Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce https://cew.georgetown.edu/

Lack of Transparency is Putting Undue Attention on Degrees

Topic: Learner Mobility / Funder: Other / Type: Multimedia

Byron Auguste Managing Director Opportunity@Work http://www.opportunityatwork.org/

Lack of Transparency is Putting Undue Attention on Degrees

Topic: Learner Mobility / Funder: Other / Type: Multimedia

Byron Auguste Managing Director Opportunity@Work http://www.opportunityatwork.org/

Learning Counts

Topic: Learner Mobility / Funder: Foundation / Type: Tools

Learning Counts is a comprehensive one stop prior learning assessment (PLA) resource for adult learners, offering PLA guidance, prior learning portfolio development courses, and portfolio assessment services. It focuses on translating the experience and knowledge adult learners acquire outside the classroom into college credit. Managed by the Council for Adult & Experiential Learning and funded by the Lumina & Kresge Foundations.

Learning Machine

Topic: Data and Technology / Funder: Organization / Type: Tools

As educational institutions adopt digital credentialing initiatives, there will be a period of time in which multiple credentialing practices coexist: traditional, paper-based credentials; digital credentials like badges; and blockchain credentials for high-stakes claims. There is no reason that an institution couldn’t continue issuing all types of credentials indefinitely as part of its certification ecosystem. However, as with other digitization efforts, over time some institutions will likely prefer to shift entirely…

Learning Should Count

Topic: Learner Mobility / Funder: Other / Type: Multimedia

Nancy Zimpher Chancellor State University of New York System http://www.suny.edu/

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