Alternative Credentials

New opportunities.

By Joshua Kim

Maine’s public universities will award up to eight credits for career-readiness microcredentials, giving students an early start toward a degree.

The U.S. Department of Education approved its first Workforce Pell program, for training emergency medical technicians at Iowa Central Community...

As states work to implement the new policy, only a trickle of programs have qualified. But experts say it’s too early to tell Workforce Pell’s full impact.

Michigan’s apprenticeship-credit initiative helps working adults apply job training toward an associate degree and future education.

Five awardees received money from the government to incentivize employers to expand registered apprenticeships. Here’s how they’re spending the funds.

Apprenticeships are growing. But experts say that without more funding, updated laws and better data, the U.S. is still far from the system they know is possible.