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FWD THINKING synthesizes key findings from our first year of research and discovery reporting (April 2024 through March 2025), highlighting areas of progress, challenges, and actionable insights for the field. Each section summarizes findings from each quarter, demonstrating how projects have progre

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A coalition of national college associations is pushing for quicker adoption of skills wallets. We talked to Mike Simmons, from the campus registrars' group, about why the move could help restore faith in college's relevance.

Waiving old college debts underscores a broader reality: Most learners lack true agency over their education and skills.

Sopiko Beriashvili and Michael Trucano identify common challenges in implementing digital credential and LER initiatives around the world.

Europass is a set of online tools to help with creating CVs, cover letters and also help users to find jobs and courses in the EU. Europass also matches user skills and interests such as location and topic to success suitable jobs. It is a useful tool to find information on studying or working in the Europe.

Taylor Kendal, President of LEF delves into open source initiatives such as digital wallets to revolutionise education and employment records infrastructure.

SkillsFWD is a bold new initiative on a mission to catalyze a more equitable skills-based hiring ecosystem leveraging learning and employment records.

Four areas worth watching that will impact the skills-based hiring ecosystem in 2024 and beyond.

More than 70 million adults in the United States are skilled through community college, workforce training, bootcamps, certificate programs, military service or on-the-job learning, rather than through a bachelor’s degree. Learning and employment records (LERs) could play a critical role in advancing skills-based hiring practices and ensuring they are implemented equitably.

Who doesn’t like a good Top 10 list in January? To build the SmartReport I needed to dig deeply into every corner of the LER ecosystem. And I had the good fortune to interview some of the smartest people in the business. The big takeaway is that the future is bright, momentum is building, and there is a dizzying amount of innovation happening. Here are the top ten trends that my research revealed.

A new study found 86 percent of faculty and staff say there’s a need for new skills-based learning models, but only 22 percent of their institutions had implemented them.

Employers value skills data for multiple reasons.

The T3 Innovation Network is exploring emerging technologies and standards in the talent marketplace to create more equitable and effective learning and career pathways.

The T3 Innovation Network is exploring emerging technologies and standards in the talent marketplace to create more equitable and effective learning and career pathways.

Zoom is the leader in modern enterprise video communications, with an easy, reliable cloud platform for video and audio conferencing, chat, and webinars across mobile, desktop, and room systems. Zoom Rooms is the original software-based conference room solution used around the world in board, conference, huddle, and training rooms, as well as executive offices and classrooms. Founded in 2011, Zoom helps businesses and organizations bring their teams together in a frictionless environment to get more done. Zoom is a publicly traded company headquartered in San Jose, CA.

GreenLight Credentials is pleased to report that the Rural College Promise initiative, which was created in 2021, has been a resounding success, meeting all established goals. Our team of partners has demonstrated exceptional collaboration and skill in delivering a platform that has exceeded expecta

Governors and other state leaders are concerned about the current labor shortage, occurring during a time when many skilled workers are underemployed or even unemployed. Skills-based approaches to hiring and recruiting can shift that dynamic—making pathways to good careers accessible to a wider segment of the workforce and opening up new pools of talent for employers.