MCTA Announces Mini-Grants to Support Credential Transparency Goals
MHEC and Credential Engine invited eligible entities of MHEC members states to submit proposals for small grants of up to $20,000 designed to support progress towards credential transparency goals and serve as examples for other participating states as part of MHEC’s Midwest Credential Transparency Alliance (MCTA). Read the announcement of grant recipients.
The MCTA is a regional alliance working to advance credential transparency in service of learners, workers, educators, employers, and policymakers across the Midwest. These grants fund demonstration projects or advance work that has already begun such as:
- Publishing a substantial number of new credentials and/or richer credential data to the Registry, especially if publishing that data might serve as a proof point to other states.
- Publishing pathways or transfer information.
- Publishing quality indicators and outcome data.
- Developing end user tools or implementing other use cases, especially if that process contributes to the development of procurement contracts or RFPs that can be reused across the region.
These projects were intended to be short-term projects, with the grant period beginning June 1, 2022, and running through December 13, 2022.
Eligible entities include state agencies, postsecondary systems, postsecondary institutions, or non-profit organizations within the twelve member states of the Midwestern Higher Education Compact (IL, IN, IA, KS, MI, MN, MO, NE, ND, OH, SD, WI).