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Issue 06: Competency Ontology

Author

Alabama Governors Office Education/Workforce, C-BEN, EBSCOed

Article Date

April 19, 2024

The movement to create digital wallets and records of credentials is significant.

However, only the Alabama Talent Triad has created a competency system designed to both describe the competencies gained by individual learners and verified by...

Topic

Credentials

Type

Talent Playbook Article

Issue 04: The Role of Credential Data

Author

Alabama Governors Office Education/Workforce, C-BEN, EBSCOed

Article Date

April 15, 2024

Transparency, Quality, and Functionality: The Role of Credential Data in the Alabama Talent Triad

Over the last few decades, the economy has been undergoing transformation that requires more skilled labor than ever before in the U.S. In response...

Topic

Credentials

Type

Talent Playbook Article

A Stronger Nation: New Federal Data Show More Adults Earning College Degrees

Author

Lumina Foundation

Article Date

January 31, 2024

NDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 31, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Lumina Foundation released the annual Stronger Nation report, highlighting results in its online data visualization tool for tracking working-age adults with degrees and other credentials of value.

The...

Topic

Credentials

Type

Community News

Stackable Credentials: Making College Work for More Students

Author

Doug Irving

Article Date

January 11, 2024

Lindsay Daugherty had seen too many college programs overpromise and underdeliver for low-income students. She had no reason to think a strategy known as stacking would be any different. Then she saw the data.

Colleges across the United States...

Topic

Credentials

Type

Community News

Non-degree Credentials in Engineering: Exemplifying the Promises and Challenges for All Credentials

Author

Isabel Cardenas-Navia, Senior Director of Research, Workcred

Article Date

September 28, 2023

There is surging interest in the development and use of non-degree credentials—such as certifications, certificates, and licenses—in the education and workforce communities, with a significant focus on understanding the value and use of these...

Topic

Credentials

Type

Community News

Credentials of Value

Author

Paul Fain

Article Date

June 15, 2023

Signals of Quality

NEW ORLEANS — Any effort to measure the value of education and training is sure to face serious blowback. So it’s not surprising that the core message from groups behind a project to gauge the quality and economic payoff of...

Topic

Credentials

Type

Community News

Stackable Credential Pipelines and Equity for Low-Income Individuals

Author

Lindsay Daugherty, Peter Riley Bahr, Peter Nguyen, Jennifer

Article Date

May 22, 2023

Evidence from Colorado and Ohio

Federal, state, and local initiatives have encouraged education and training providers to build stackable credentials, a series of postsecondary credentials that can be earned over time and that build on each...

Topic

Credentials

Type

Community News

Carnegie Foundation, ETS Partner to Transform the Educational Pillars They Built: The Carnegie Unit and Standardized Tests

Author

Carnegie Foundation

Article Date

April 17, 2023

STANFORD, CA and PRINCETON, NJ (April 17, 2023) —The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and ETS today announced a new partnership designed to radically transform education assessment across the United States. In collaboration with...

Topic

Credentials

Type

Community News