Nan Travers​

Dr. Nan Travers​
Co-Lead, Credential As You Go

Dr. Nan Travers, Co-Lead of Credential As You Go, retired Director of the Center for Leadership in Credentialing Learning at SUNY Empire State University, continues to focus on research, policy, and practice related to the recognition, validation, and credentialing of learning globally. Credential As You Go is an initiative advancing incremental credentialing, previously supported by Lumina Foundation, U.S. Department of Education’s Institute for Education Sciences, and Walmart. Dr. Travers has served as principal investigator for numerous grants centered on innovative approaches to prior learning assessment and credentialing. She is founding co-editor of PLA Inside Out, co-founder of the Prior Learning Assessment Network, and founder of the Learning Recognition Toolkit, Intrascope, and Insight Recognition. Dr. Travers was the 2025 Morris T. Keeton Award recipient from the Council for Adult and Experiential Learning. She holds a doctorate in Adult Learning from the University of Connecticut.

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