tag: Holistic credit mobility
Upcoming Event
June 10, 2026
Improving Transfer Outcomes
Tools & Strategies that Support Student Success
Transfer pathways are a common journey for many students, but too often, students lose credits, time, money, and momentum along the way. The good news? There are emerging tools and advising practices that can help change that. Join this webinar on June 10 at 2:00-3:00pm ET to explore how practitioners can better support transfer students through stronger advising and smarter use of tools. Presenters from Ithaka S+R will introduce their Holistic Credit Mobility Framework, which helps institutions and partners…
Upcoming Event
August 3, 2026
Different Contexts, Same Challenge
Building Momentum for Holistic Credit Mobility
This session at the SHEEO Higher Education Policy Conference will draw on the work of the national Holistic Credit Mobility Acceleration Cohort, a year-long community of practice developed in partnership between Ithaka S+R and Complete College America with support from Ascendium Education Group, to examine what it actually takes to move from fragmentation to momentum at scale. Grounded in the Holistic Credit Mobility Framework first published by Ithaka S+R in 2022 and advanced through a 2025 case study report…
Upcoming Event
June 10, 2026
Holistic Transfer and Credit Mobility in Action
At the University System of Georgia’s Adult Learner and Military Connected Convening on June 10, 2026, Ithaka S+R’s Pooja Patel will give a presentation framing the national landscape surrounding holistic credit mobility and providing context for the work that Ithaka S+R has supported across states and systems.
Blog Post
April 8, 2026
From Cohort to Catalyst
At a Final Convening, the Holistic Credit Mobility Acceleration Cohort Celebrates Innovation, Accomplishments, and Connection
Earlier this year, Ithaka S+R hosted 40 members of the holistic credit mobility acceleration cohort in New York City for a final convening. Throughout 2025, cohort members worked with Ithaka S+R and Complete College America to identify and implement strategies to enhance credit mobility, creating a seamless path for students to transfer earned credits and ultimately achieve their educational goals.
Blog Post
February 19, 2026
Practical Ways to Strengthen Communication and Casemaking Around Holistic Credit Mobility
Increasing numbers of postsecondary students pursue non-traditional paths through higher education and accumulate credit from multiple institutions and sources. Expanding access and opportunity for such learners demands rethinking common conceptions about learning structures and developing strategies for implementing reform. Holistic credit mobility is a conceptual framework that places learning at the center of such efforts in order to serve both students and institutions. During virtual convenings in October and December, the holistic credit mobility acceleration cohort discussed and planned…
Past Event
November 3, 2025
Accelerating Holistic Credit Mobility – What is it? Why now?
The Credit Mobility Convening, hosted by the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE), will bring together stakeholders from Pennsylvania and surrounding states who care to improve credit mobility, with breakout sessions highlighting promising approaches related to improving transfer and credit mobility, technology tools to improve transfer resources for students, and granting credit for prior learning and military experiences. Madeline Trimble will provide an opening address laying out the holistic credit mobility framework and why it matters, and Pooja Patel…
Blog Post
September 9, 2025
Purposeful Cross-Sector Collaboration Boosts Learning Mobility and Student Success
As the “normal” higher education experience continues to evolve, to better serve students colleges and universities must not only work closely together across systems and regions, but they must also collaborate with K-12, employer, and community partners. These essential collaborations, when effective, can result in an interconnected ecosystem of learning opportunities that seamlessly connect students to careers. At the August convening of the holistic credit mobility acceleration cohort, participants discussed the opportunities and challenges of cross-sector collaboration within…
Past Event
November 12, 2025
Tools for Moving to a Holistic Approach to Credit Mobility to Support Adult Learners
Council for Adult and Experiential Learning (CAEL) Conference
Student mobility is increasingly complex, with most graduates earning credits across multiple institutions and learning experiences. At the Council for Adult and Experiential Learning (CAEL) Conference, a session will introduce Ithaka S+R’s holistic credit mobility framework, highlight Eastern Washington University’s work to modernize pathways for adult learners, and share practical tools to help institutions better support seamless credit transfer. Participants include Ithaka S+R’s Emily Tichenor, alongside Sue Magyar, Jacqueline Coomes, and Christi Harter. The session will take place on…
Past Event
November 17, 2025
Implementing a Holistic Framework to Coordinate and Scale Efforts to Promote Mobile Student Success
Next: The 2025 Complete College America Annual Convening
This moderated panel discussion will use a framework for holistic credit mobility to guide a conversation with speakers from Nevada and Missouri, both of which are part of a new credit mobility community of practice, launched by Ithaka S+R and Complete College America. The community of practice is focused on accelerating promising policy, responsive practices, and technology approaches to help today’s mobile students navigate the complex postsecondary landscape to gain credentials that will help them be successful in the workforce.
Blog Post
August 12, 2025
Strengthening Credit for Prior Learning and Non-Credit to Credit Pathways
A Conversation with the Ohio Department of Higher Education
In June, the members of the Holistic Credit Mobility Acceleration Cohort met for the third time to share best practices and advance credit mobility through improvements in process, policy, and technology. Each learning session is dedicated to exploring one of the pillars of the Holistic Credit Mobility framework, and the June session focused on institutional strategies to strengthen non-credit to credit pathways and Credit for Prior Learning (CPL). June’s session featured presentations from the Education and Employment Research…
Blog Post
July 15, 2025
Learning Mobility
Holistic Credit Mobility Case Studies Included in New AACRAO Book
Learning Mobility: Empowering Educational Journeys Beyond Traditional Pathways, a new ebook recently published by the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (AACRAO), features actionable research and diverse perspectives from system and institutional leaders, administrators, and researchers on the ways learning can and should be recognized, validated, and credentialed in the modern higher education environment. Ithaka S+R was pleased to contribute a chapter expanding on our prior holistic credit mobility work. Our chapter, “Institutional and Systemic Approaches…
Past Event
August 13, 2025
Holistic Solutions for Counting All Learning
2025 Higher Education Policy Conference
Ithaka S+R’s Elise McNeely and Kyle Gray will be presenting and moderating a panel at the 2025 Higher Education Policy Conference. This panel will feature speakers from a research organization and two states discussing their efforts to support mobile postsecondary students in navigating credit mobility following a holistic model. They will share insights from their states’ participation in a recent case study and ongoing community of practice focused on approaches to holistic credit mobility to spread awareness of successful…
Blog Post
June 5, 2025
Examining the Critical Role of Technology in Holistic Credit Mobility
Notes from the Cohort's Second Virtual Convening
In February 2025, Ithaka S+R and Complete College America launched the holistic credit mobility acceleration cohort. This community of practice comprises 11 state higher education and university systems, as well as institutional consortia, that are collaborating throughout 2025 and into early 2026 to identify best practices, policies, and technologies to advance credit mobility nationwide. This is critical to student success, as recent data from the National Student Clearinghouse demonstrates that transfer pathways are becoming increasingly non-linear, multidirectional, and…
Past Event
July 11, 2025
Holistic Solutions for Mobile Postsecondary Students
At the Education Commission of the States National Forum on Education Policy, Ithaka S+R’s Martin Kurzweil will participate in a moderated panel discussion on holistic solutions for mobile postsecondary students. The panel will use a framework for holistic credit mobility to guide a conversation with speakers from Ohio and South Carolina, both of which are part of a new community of practice on credit mobility and/or were featured in a recent research case study highlighting promising policy, practices, and…
Blog Post
April 14, 2025
Holistic Credit Mobility Acceleration Cohort Kicks Off
Takeaways from the Community of Practice
Last month, Ithaka S+R and Complete College America officially launched the holistic credit mobility acceleration cohort. Over the coming year, the 11 state higher education and university systems and institutional consortia participating will convene regularly to develop a unified language around credit mobility, identify best practices, policies, and technologies, and collaborate to move the needle on credit mobility.
Past Event
April 8, 2025
Modernizing Credit Mobility in Support of Postsecondary Access & Achievement
As students navigate increasingly complex educational journeys, retaining the value of their credits and credentials remains a persistent challenge. Lost credits and inefficient pathways can derail student progress and drive up costs. However, new technologies, data-driven solutions, and AI-powered tools are changing the way institutions approach evaluating and recognizing credit for prior learning, and the information and resources that students can use to plan their route to a degree through multiple institutions. At the ASU-GSV Summit on April 8…
Blog Post
February 27, 2025
National Holistic Credit Mobility Acceleration Cohort
Announcing 11 Members
Updated January 2026: This blog post has been updated to reflect the twelve members participating in the year-long Holistic Credit Mobility Acceleration Cohort. In collaboration with Complete College America, we’re excited to announce the selection of 11 distinguished higher education organizations for the Holistic Credit Mobility Acceleration Cohort. This initiative aims to enhance credential completion rates by promoting flexible and equitable credit mobility pathways for postsecondary students across the country. The cohort members’ efforts will build upon the best…
Case Study
February 27, 2025
Holistic Credit Mobility Strategies in Action
A Case Study Report on State, System, and Institutional Efforts to Smooth the Path to a College Degree for Mobile Students
To understand the complex nature of learning recognition and credit transfer in American postsecondary education and examine the systemic barriers to entry many students face as they navigate its institutions, Ithaka S+R conducted a series of qualitative interviews in fall 2024 with state and system-level leaders in Idaho, Illinois, Ohio, and the University of North Carolina System, and representatives from Charter Oak State College and Florida International University.
Blog Post
December 17, 2024
Higher Education at a Crossroads
Reflecting on the 2024 Complete College America Annual Convening
Complete College America’s (CCA) 2024 Annual Convening, hosted in Indianapolis this past month and framed around going “All In” on college attainment, brought together an array of postsecondary practitioners, leaders, and researchers focusing on student mobility and outcomes. At the conference, Martin Kurzweil and I led a strategy showcase focused on the Holistic Credit Mobility project, a cornerstone of our continuing efforts to support increasingly mobile students. In collaboration with CCA, Ithaka S+R is in the final stages of…
Past Event
October 3, 2024
Universal Transfer Explorer
This session at the South Carolina Transfer Excellence Convening will include a demo of the in-development Transfer Explorer website and draw from Ithaka S+R’s research on CUNY Transfer Explorer and Holistic Credit Mobility to demonstrate the importance of comprehensive credit mobility technology solutions for students and institutions. Join the session on October 3, 2024 at 2:20pm – 3:30pm ET, with Ithaka S+R’s Emily Tichenor.