About
Credential As You Go
Credential As You Go is a movement to develop a nationally adopted incremental credentialing system that improves education and employment outcomes.
INCREMENTAL CREDENTIALING
Improving Education and Employment Outcomes For All Learners
Credential As You Go provides many tools and resources to support the incremental credentialing movement.
EXPANSION
Network
In 2023, 30 additional organizations joined Credential As You Go, doubling the numbers of organizations working to design and implement incremental credentials.
LEARNER OUTCOMES
Our Research
Research is key to Credential As You Go to assess the promise of system- and institution-level implementation of incremental credentials.
TRANSFORMATION
Credential As You Go Video: Transforming the Nation's Credentialing System
Credential As You Go is a movement to develop a nationally adopted incremental credentialing system that improves education and employment outcomes for all. This video provides an overview of this movement.
THE NEED
Credentialing Landscape
Degree-centric Postsecondary System
Our current system does not recognize partial degrees, leaving many Americans without formal recognition of their knowledge and skills.
Current postsecondary systems are focused on 4 degree types: associate, bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral/professional.
41.9 million individuals have some college/no credential
The National Student Clearinghouse, Pg. 2
With no credential, people lack recognition of learning – hindering employment and further education.
PROCESS
Incremental Credentialing
Incremental credentialing formally captures all types of learning that individuals acquire – in education institutions, in the workplace, or other life experiences.
FRAMEWORK
Incremental Credentialing Framework
The incremental credentialing process formally credentials learning that individuals acquire along the way so that they can be recognized for employment and further education. The six approaches provide ways to develop and implement incremental credentials.
Moving the Needle
Bodies of Work
To transform the U.S. legacy degree system to a nationally recognized incremental credentialing system, Credential As You Go focuses on ten bodies of work.
Bodies of work
Moving the Needle
Bodies of Work
To transform the U.S. legacy degree system to a nationally recognized incremental credentialing system, Credential As You Go focuses on ten bodies of work.
Bodies of work
Moving the Needle
Bodies of Work
To transform the U.S. legacy degree system to a nationally recognized incremental credentialing system, Credential As You Go focuses on ten bodies of work.
NEWSROOM
In The News
Leadership Organizations
