The Center for Occupational Research and Development (CORD) and its partners, Social Policy Research Associates and Abt Associates, are pleased to announce an initiative designed to support community colleges in their efforts to embed stackable, industry-recognized credentials within technical associate degree programs. Mapping Upward is a new project supported by OCTAE’s Division of Academic and Technical Education that will provide no-cost technical assistance (TA) to up to five sector-focused networks…

This report defines alternative credentials including certificates and licenses. It also examines their impact on the adults who attain them. Managed by the U.S. Census Bureau.

Founded by Johns Hopkins Medicine and leading professional medical societies, the MedBiquitous Consortium is the ANSI-accredited developer of information technology standards for healthcare education and quality improvement. Our members are creating a technology blueprint for the health professions. Based on XML and Web services standards, this blueprint will seamlessly support the learner in ways that will improve patient care and simplify the administrative work associated with education and quality improvement….

Military Credentialing and Licensing Task Force oversees and coordinates Department Of Defense and Service level initiatives related to credentialing and licensing. National Governors Association conducted a Veterans’ Licensing and Certification Policy Academy for states to support this effort. Managed by the U.S. Department of Defense and National Governors Association Center for Best Practices

Military Family Licensing Act. With leadership from First Lady Obama  and Dr. Jill Biden,  23 states passed pro-military spouse licensing portability measures. This allows the recognition of credentials across state lines. This is a federal initiative, click link to see the map. Managed and funded by the U.S. Department of Labor.

Cryptocurrencies like bitcoin enable permission-less innovation for entrepreneurs and technologists to build world-changing applications which answer the demand for global transactions that has been created by global communication. The Digital Currency Initiative strives to be a neutral leader of world-class research to push the boundaries of knowledge around cryptocurrency and its underlying distributed ledger technology. We seek to clarify the real-world impact of these technologies, inspired by their potential for…

MOOC’s/Kahn Academy, Coursea, Udacity, 35 Million learners enrolled in MOOC’s offered over 80 providers. Managed and funded by MOOC’s/Kahn Academy, Coursea, Udacity. http://mooc.org/ https://www.khanacademy.org/ https://www.coursera.org/ https://www.udacity.com/