Objective is to convene a community of organizations, educators, industry and interested individuals who are interested in helping others utilize appropriate technology to harness the power of open badge specifications to document learning where it happens and communicate the need to understand where learning happens. Managed and funded by the Rocky Mountain Badge Alliance.

Running Start enables high school students to take courses at their schools for dual high school and college credit. By earning college credits while in high school, students get a head start on their college education, can shorten the time to obtain a degree and reduce college costs. Each course taken through Running Start costs $150, a significant savings from the costs of a course taken directly through a college. …

Scale High-Quality Work-based Learning is a 2-year project launching this fall that will support 6 states to: elevate the role of work-based learning in connecting students and young adults to middle skills STEM jobs; identify the components of high-quality work-based learning and exemplar programs; and leverage state education and workforce systems to scale participation in those high-quality programs statewide. Managed by National Governors Association Center for Best Practices and funded…

This report addresses the need for transparency in the credentialing world including how to put credentials together for career advancement. Major policy recommendations are made to address the marketplace. Managed by CLASP and grant funded.

SCTrac  helps guide prospective and enrolled students navigate and stay on track with twelve hundred degree pathways offered by thirty three two and four year institutions with real-time academic progress reporting, transfer check and tracking. Managed by AcademyOne and funded by the Department of Education, the South Carolina Commission on Higher Education.

Service Year Alliance is an organization relentlessly pursuing a bold vision — making a year of paid, full-time service a common expectation and opportunity for all young Americans. Service years are available through a variety of service year programs in a wide array of issue areas, including: education, the environment, disaster relief, healthcare, and many more. Managed by Service Year Alliance and funded by the Lumina Foundation.

Siemens Technical Scholars program highlights, profiles, and markets successful millennials in STEM programs at top performing community and technical colleges with the goal of promoting awareness and a positive perception of the middle-skill jobs available with such credentials to millennials.  Managed by the Aspen Institute and funded by the Siemens Foundation.

Governor John Engler President Business Roundtable http://businessroundtable.org/