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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., March 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Today Parchment, the industry leader in academic credentials management, announced it has launched Parchment Award - CLR Services, the first product that lets higher education institutions design, implement, and issue Comprehensive Learner Records (CLRs). Parchment CLR Services allows learners to better tell their story to employers in a secure, verifiable way, by expanding an institution's ability to share learner growth and capabilities developed in ways that a traditional transcript can't.
For years, one of the most active conversations about innovation in higher education has been around extending the traditional academic transcript to better convey the learning that happens both inside and outside of the classroom, as well as the skills and competencies developed through learning. Institutions have struggled with the fact that the traditional course and grade format does not have the ability to holistically represent a learner's education for self-reflection, to allow a learner to tell their own story, or for employers to understand workforce ready skills developed during a learner's academic career. In 2016, Elon University