University of North Carolina at Pembroke - Credential As You Go

New Playbook: Incremental Credentialing in Graduate Education

Participant Profile

CREDENTIAL AS YOU GO PARTICIPANT

University of North Carolina at Pembroke

WEBSITE

https://www.uncp.edu/

TYPE

Public University

LOCATION

Pembroke, North Carolina

COHORT

2022

Implementation stage & efforts to date

Full Implementation Stage:

Excellence in Online Teaching Excellence credential
Project Management Certificate
Transfer pathway options for military affiliated learners through articulations with partner community colleges.

Design Stage

Human Resources Certificate
Policy-setting at the institutional level
Make online non-credit certificates accessible in Department of Defense Credentialing Opportunities Online (COOL) portals
Strengthen community college partnerships and articulation agreements to expand credit for prior learning opportunities for military students to include incremental credentials (credit and non-credit)

Goals for participation

Expanding credit for prior learning opportunities for military and veterans
Strengthening collaborative partnerships with regional employers by offering affordable and accessible continuing education opportunities
Streamline assessment process for military transfer credit

Associated Case Studies

Project Management Certificate

By earning the Project Management Certificate, students fulfill the instructional requirement for the PMI exam.

Improving Education and Employment Outcomes

ABOUT US

TOOLS AND RESOURCES

RESEARCH

LEARN-AND-WORK ECOSYSTEM

CONNECT

NEWSROOM

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FUNDING STATEMENT

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.