The problem
The number of non-degree credentials (NDCs) has ballooned over the past decade, while the number of students enrolled in four-year bachelor’s degrees has dropped. With more than a million NDCs to choose from, students, program funders, and employers have little guidance on which NDCs offer the highest quality education and ROI.
The EQOS solution
We’ve created a rigorous framework to help alleviate credential assessment challenges by creating a first-of-its-kind, outcomes-based signal of quality for credentials that does not rely on data collected by providers, but instead relies on workers’ self-reported employment and education histories before and after they attain NDCs.
How it works
We focus on five key outcomes in order to assess credential value and efficacy:
Using this signal of quality, EQOS will build tools to enable workers, employers, providers, funders, and public policy experts to make better decisions around which credentials they earn, hire, provide, and fund.
To gain clarity around which credentials align best to their career goals.
To find and evaluate talent based on skills versus resorting to screening for bachelor degrees.
To demonstrate competitive advantage, prove tangible value, and prepare graduates for workforce demands.
To identify credential program impact for scaling and growth.
To objectively evaluate education providers, particularly those which are non-accredited, offering short-term or accelerated education.
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