Economist-led case study of return on investment of registered apprenticeship for U.S. employers will analyze the training investments of diverse firms to uncover how employers committed to registered apprenticeship account for costs and benefits of the training model. Managed by the U.S. Department of Commerce and funded by Joyce, JPMorgan Chase & Annie E. Casey Foundations; Case Western Reserve University

Cash for College encourages Alabama high schools to rally around Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) completion. The FAFSA is required for any student seeking federal and state financial aid, including grants and loans in all colleges. According to the US Department of Education, 9 out of 10 students who complete a FAFSA attend college the following fall. Managed by Cash for College Alabama and funded by donations.

CBE and eT (extended transcript) initiative to create and test a conceptual framework and series of prototypes developed in conjunction with IMS members, AACRAO, C-BEN (Competency Based Education Network). Managed and funded by IMS Global.

CBE Landscape Project designed 10 Shared Design Elements and Emerging Practices of Competency-Based Education. These design elements are associated with healthy and robust CBE programs in higher education. This project also included a survey of approximately 500 institutions developing or delivering CBE programs, which produced useful information for establishing quality assurances for CBE programs. Managed by Public Agenda and Forum for Youth Investment and funded by the Gates & Lumina…

Resource defining frameworks and describing trends and challenges among varying but similar tools.

Library for researching  publications by the European Center for the Development of Vocational Training.

Addresses income and racial inequality in the credential attainment by advocating for policies and practices that create accessible on­ramps to marketable secondary and postsecondary credentials for low­ skill, low i­ncome youth and adults. Managed by the Center for Law and Social Policy and funded by the Gates, Lumina, Joyce & Irvine Foundations.

Recovery 2020 and College Payoff outlines that there is an ongoing stream of work that ties degrees, certificates, industry-based certifications, non-credit education, and licenses to labor market value. The work also drills down below the level of degree attainment and/or program to core competencies required for success along education and career pathways. Core occupational competencies include occupational knowledge, skills, abilities, work values, work interests, and personality traits.  Funded by the…