“Credential as You Go” has recently been awarded an Institute of Education Sciences (IES) grant through the “Transformative Research in the Education Sciences” program. The federal grant, totaling nearly $3 million ($2,999,998.13) over three years will be managed by SUNY Empire State, and co-led by Corporation for a Skilled Workforce and George Washington University and will engage a national partnership of state systems of higher education, colleges and universities, employers, accreditation organizations, and many others. CAYG’s goal is to develop a widely recognized incremental credentialing system for U.S. postsecondary education that will improve academic and labor market outcomes for learners.
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.
