Credential Engine advisory groups met in Washington, DC on April 12 to develop a multifaceted approach towards achieving the goal of improving transparency in the credential marketplace. Participants represented key stakeholder groups in credentialing: higher education, business, quality assurance, and certification and licensure. For more information on the advisory groups, including their rosters, click the...
The Credential Engine Board held its first meeting on April 21, 2017. The Board will work with Credential Engine staff and advisory groups to advance its mission of improving transparency in the credentialing marketplace. Board members include representatives from the higher education, business, and quality assurance arenas. For more information on the Board, please click...
This meeting served as an update for all current credentialing organizations who are actively participating in the registry. Registry participants reviewed the current status of the registry and Workit, updated the co-design of roadmap guides, and received next steps as the pilot is transitioning to scale.
Today’s Credentialing Marketplace Has Become Unwieldy and Complex... The credentialing marketplace is growing. By 2020, 65 percent of all jobs in the economy will require postsecondary education and training beyond high school, and the number of postsecondary programs has already more than quintupled since 1985. In today’s information age, accessing and understanding data about credentials...
The Summit Innovative use of data will be the key to unlocking the mysteries of the credentialing marketplace and enabling students, workers, employers, and other stakeholders make more informed decisions about credentials and their content, meaning, and value. Better access to and use of credential data is necessary to power our education and workforce systems...
Credential Engine, the Indiana Commission for Higher Education, and event partner Learning Tapestry are co-hosting the Indiana App-athon: Credential Data LaB, an event that will bring together technologists, developers, educators, state agency personnel, and others to demonstrate what innovations are possible with open, transparent credential data in Indiana and beyond. Building off Credential Engine’s first...
As part of a grant from a new initiative of the National Science Foundation called Convergence Accelerator, Credential Engine, in partnership with the Indiana Commission for Higher Education and Lumina Foundation, is carrying out a project to illuminate Indiana’s learn and work ecosystem. Indiana’s Learn and Work Ecosystem is changing quickly In the face of...
As part of a grant from the National Science Foundation, the South Bend - Regional Partnership is hosting local stakeholders to engage with Credential Engine, the Indiana Commission for Higher Education, and Lumina Foundation, as participants spend the day brainstorming project solutions to illuminate Indiana’s learn and work ecosystem. Connecting data systems to enhance education...
Credential Engine will host its fourth annual State Convening virtually on November 30, 2021! Join us from 1:00 to 4:00 pm Eastern to learn how we can work “Toward a More Transparent Credential Landscape Through Policy, Leadership, and Equity.” We know there are nearly one million unique credentials available in the United States, each one...
Credential Engine will host its 5th Anniversary Convening virtually on December 7th, 2022! Join us from 1:00 to 4:00 pm Eastern to celebrate and acknowledge all that has been achieved with our many partners. Together, and through open collaboration, we have done so much in those five years, and do not expect to stop anytime soon!...