Partners and Impact

We've partnered and worked with leading organizations to transform approaches to connect learning and work, including:

• American Association of Colleges & Universities (AAC&U): Curriculum to Careers Innovation Initiative

• American Council on Education (ACE): Workplace learning assessment, Shell USA; ACE credit recommendation review

• Council for Adult and Experiential Learning (CAEL): LearningCounts Portfolio Assessment program

• EdStrat | Educational Strategy and Design Group: Reduced credit bachelor’s degrees research project

• Institute for Effectiveness in Higher Education: Impact Partner; Author

• NC-SARA: Engagement, education, and communications consultation

• Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU): Fellows Program initial design; Ongoing workshop faculty

• Oregon Higher Education Coordinating Commission: Credit for Prior Learning (CPL) Taskforce; CPL institutional workshops and policy development

• QA Commons: Strategy and support

• The Washington Center for Internships and Academic Programs: Academic and internship quality and program assessment

Our college and university partners repeatedly call on us to lead, guide, and support academic, workforce, and student success initiatives, including the following institutions:

• Clackamas Community College, Oregon

• Dominican University of California, California

• Holyoke Community College, Massachusetts

• McDaniel College, Maryland

• Menlo College, California

• Mission College, California

• Newstate University (Advisory Board)

• Northern Marianas College, Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands

• Oregon Institute of Technology, Oregon

• Portland Community Colleges, Oregon

• Prison University Project / Mt. Tamalpais College, California

• School for New Learning, DePaul University, Illinois

• Simmons University, Massachusetts

• Tangaza University College (with School for New Learning, DePaul University), Nairobi, Kenya

• University of Oklahoma, Online

• Valdosta State University, Georgia

We regularly contribute expertise to initiatives transforming how education aligns with career opportunity and economic mobility:

• Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools—Distance Education Committee

• Adult Higher Education Alliance (AHEA)—Board of Directors

• American Council on Education (ACE) Non-Degree Programs—Carnegie Classifications

• American Council on Education (ACE)—Stackable Credentials Framework Task Group, resulting in the report Quality Dimensions for Connected Credentials

• Association of General and Liberal Studies (AGLS)—Selection Committee—Award for the Improvement of General Education

• C-BEN Advisor in the Center for Skills Partnership for Skills Validation initiative

• Competency-Based Education Research Journal

• Connecting Credentials—National task group on quality credentialing, resulting in the report Building Trust in Credentials

• Council on Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA)—Selection Committee—Student Learning Outcomes Institutional Award

• Credential Engine—Various user and task groups

• Institute for Higher Education Effectiveness—Accreditation Liaison Collaborative Advisory & Accreditation Fellow

• International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning

• NACE Skills-based Learning Initiatives

• NASASPS - Distance Education Committee

• UPCEA Council for Credential Innovation

• WICHE / Pew Charitable Trusts—Report: State Approaches to Short-Term Postsecondary Credentials