Co-hosted by Credential As You Go and Workcred
This virtual summit on July 12, 2023 included three panel discussions:
The first panel featured national experts defining industry certifications and highlighting the benefits of embedding them in academic programs.
The second panel included educational, training, and certification providers who will share their experiences in aligning industry certifications with academic programs including who was involved, resources required, and lessons learned.
And the third panel included national experts responding to the previous panels and providing an open discussion.
Summit Materials
Agenda
Invitation
Evite
Related Playbook
Recording
Credential As You Go has acquired three phases of funding to date. Lumina Foundation funded Phase I, resulting in the Incremental Credential Framework for testing. The Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education funds Phase II (Grant R305T210063), which focuses on rapid prototyping of and research on incremental credentials with a national campaign. An anonymous private donor fund at the Program on Skills, Credentials & Workforce Policy at George Washington University funds the development of the prototype Learn and Work Ecosystem Library. Walmart funds Phase III, which focuses on systems change for expansion and sustainability of incremental credentials. The opinions expressed are those of the authors and do not represent views of Lumina Foundation, Institute of Education Sciences, the U.S. Department of Education, Walmart, or George Washington University.
