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A recent conversation on LinkedIn, sparked by a Work Shift article on nondegree credentials in the United States, captured something the higher education field has struggled to say plainly. One practitioner described the current landscape as “a big giant hairball” of nondegree credentials, where learners and employers are lost in the tangle. Voluntary qualification registries, data…

As part of a system-wide initiative, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville has partnered with Google and the National Association of Higher Education Systems (NASH) to provide Google Career Certificates to students as co-curricular offerings or embedded into academic programs. SIUE students, faculty and staff now have the opportunity to Grow with Google and earn no-cost training licenses in the form of Google Career Certificates and Specialization. SIUE…

NEW BRITAIN — The Connecticut State Colleges and Universities system has launched a new project to address teacher shortages and improve teacher retention across the state. The initiative, called the Excellence in Teacher Residency Project, will focus on strengthening teacher residency programs at Central Connecticut State University, Eastern Connecticut State University, Southern Connecticut State University…

Minnesota State has completed its first year in partnership with Google and the National Association of Higher Education Systems (NASH) to provide Google Career Certificates to students as co-curricular offerings or embedded into academic programs. In this first-in-the-nation partnership, Minnesota State is one of 11 higher education systems participating in this Microcredentials Community of Practice,…

In a University Business op-ed, higher education leaders outline how course sharing is emerging as a powerful model for collaboration that expands access, improves student progress to degree, and helps institutions make better use of existing capacity. Written by Dan Greenstein and David Lassner, the piece draws on system-level experience and is adapted from the…

The Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) is driving meaningful progress in transfer student success by applying improvement science to streamline credit acceptance and advising processes, helping students transfer more credits and graduate sooner. This work, involving institutions such as Kutztown, Shippensburg, and Commonwealth universities, aligns with broader efforts championed by the National Association…

A new artificial intelligence tool called CourseWise is helping colleges streamline the challenging process of evaluating transfer credits, a long-standing barrier for students moving between institutions. Developed through research at the University of California, Berkeley and piloted at more than 120 campuses nationwide, CourseWise uses AI to learn from past decisions and recommend equivalent courses,…

UNY Cortland has been selected to join the second cohort of the SUNY initiative that embeds industry-recognized credentials into academic coursework, a program supported by NASH, Google, and the University of Texas at Arlington. They received a $50,000 grant to integrate Google UX Design, AI Essentials, and generative AI certificates into English Department courses, helping…

NASH is proud to partner with the Pennsylvania’s State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) as they develop a new systemwide course sharing initiative. As written in the Altoona Mirror, PASSHE is expanding its cross-institutional course sharing program, which will give students access to specialized courses from other universities within the system, particularly benefiting rural students.…

Institutions to watch: The National Association of Higher Education Systems convened four systems—including Texas State University System, Southern Illinois University System, University of Hawai’i System, and Montana University System—in an improvement community focused on course sharing. The goal was threefold: help students avoid bottleneck courses, provide them with access to classes and programs that may not be offered at their…