MARCY, N.Y. — SUNY has awarded $50,000 to the dean of arts and sciences at SUNY Polytechnic Institute (SUNY Poly) in Marcy through the Embedding Industry Credentials in Academic Coursework (EICAC) initiative.
The grant will help Babak Elahi expand SUNY Poly’s effort to embed industry-recognized credentials, featuring Google certificates as a key focus, directly into academic coursework across the arts, humanities, and social sciences. The effort is aimed at “strengthening career readiness and expanding opportunities for students,” per the SUNY Poly announcement.
“This initiative builds on SUNY Poly’s commitment to career-ready education,” Elahi said. “By integrating Google industry credentials directly into coursework, we’re creating clearer pathways for students to strengthen their skills, document competencies, and compete even more effectively for internships and jobs.”
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SUNY Poly programs supported through this initiative include communications and media design; interactive media and game design; interdisciplinary studies; psychology; sociology; and the online master’s program in information design and technology. Initial credential focus areas include artificial intelligence, data analytics, UX design, and project management, aligning with existing strengths in sociological data analysis, information design, and project-based learning, while “enabling students to complete or progress toward Google credentials as part of their academic experience,” SUNY Poly noted.
Through this initiative, SUNY Poly faculty will identify courses where credential outcomes align with course objectives; develop documentation mapping Google credential competencies to learning outcomes; and explore prior learning-assessment approaches for students who have already completed relevant Google credentials.
The SUNY initiative is supported through the SUNY Chancellor’s Economic Development and Upward Mobility funds, in partnership with the National Association of Systems of Higher Education, Google, and the University of Texas at Arlington.
