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The U.S. Department of Labor TAACCCT program awarded a $24.5 million LINCS grant in supply chain management (SCM) to a consortium led by Broward College to develop and create certification track content, exams, and certifications in eight areas for early-career professionals in the SCM industry. The consortium included nine colleges that integrated content materials into traditional college courses or delivered them in short-term workshops or classes. The colleges partnered with the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals, a global association for SCM, which served as subject matter experts and developed certification exams that assess knowledge in each of the eight areas. The colleges also partnered with three universities—Northwestern University, Rutgers University, and the Georgia Institute of Technology—to develop the materials to prepare students for exams in each of the certification tracks. This outcomes and impact study uses student-level data from five of the nine consortium colleges to examine students’ employment and earnings after completing a LINCS certification track course in 2015. To examine the program’s impact, the study compares outcomes for students who completed a certification track course at Broward College with those for students who took an SCM course at the college in 2014 but did not participate in LINCS.

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Bruch, Julie, Scott Baumgartner, Sarah Dolfin, and Nan Maxwell. Implementation of a Certification Program in Supply Chain Management for Early Career Professionals. Princeton, NJ: Mathematica Policy Research, August 2017.