A comprehensive, cloud-based registry that houses, organizes, and connects credential information from four targeted industry sectors –life-/biosciences, health, IT, and business & finance – published by higher education education institutions and other credential providers in Maine, New Hampshire, Massachussets, and Rhode Island. The registry uses the Credential Transparency Description Language (CTDL) to provide standardized terminology to describe credentials and can be used to build customized apps. Unlike the credential descriptions currently made available by individual institutions, the registry will provide students/workers, employers, educators, and policy leaders with transparent, standardized, easy-to-read information about the meaning and value of various credentials and discern viable educational and career pathways associated with specific credentials and/or industries.
Other Resources
Credential Transparency Self-Assessment
This self-assessment tool provides an overview of the specific steps laid out in the “Making Sense of Credentials: A State Roadmap and Action Guide for Transparency” report that state leaders can take to help integrate a common data infrastructure into their statewide education systems and to build a public, open marketplace for information about credentials for learners, workers, employers, and others to make informed decisions about credentials and pathways.