Why Align Your HR Program With SHRM?
Promote Your Digital Badge
After aligning your program, you will receive a digital badge. Plus your school is listed in the SHRM HR Program Directory, a resource widely used by prospective HR students.
Leverage the Benefits of SHRM Student and Academic Teaching Faculty Membership
Both students and faculty receive membership at deeply discounted rates. Plus graduating student members are eligible for transitional professional membership for two years following graduation at one-half the HR professional membership rate in effect at the time of graduation. Faculty members gain access to SHRM’s many and varied research and teaching resources to supplement their teaching plans in the HR degree coursework.
Expanded SHRM Partnership Offerings
Receive complimentary status in SHRM’s Recertification Provider Program, which allows you to award professional development credits for programs or degree courses offered to SHRM Certification credential holders seeking to maintain their credential. You also have the opportunity to apply to become a SHRM Education Partner and offer SHRM Certification Preparation courses as an additional revenue stream for your school.
Support Your Students to Earn SHRM Certification
Give students enrolled in your HR program the opportunity to earn a SHRM-CP credential in their final year of study in the degree program. Earning a SHRM Certification along with earning a degree in HR provides your students with a career advantage as they enter the job market.
Participation Requirements
SHRM offers its alignment review service free of charge to colleges and universities interested in aligning their undergraduate or graduate HR degree program(s) with SHRM’s HR Curriculum Guidelines. To qualify, the program must contain curriculum content that is based on the SHRM Body of Applied Skills and Knowledge including:
- HR knowledge content areas across three Knowledge Domains
- Behavioral competencies that show how to put knowledge into practice through effective problem solving and decision making
- Multiple competencies grouped into three competency clusters
HR Academic Program Directory
Includes HR- and HR-related undergraduate and graduate degree programs that align with SHRM’s Human Resource Curriculum Guidelines.
HR Curriculum Guidebook
Provided free of charge to academic institutions seeking quality HR content to supplement or enhance their HR curriculum. The guide provides an overview of SHRM’s extensive research in the area of HR education and defines the minimum HR content areas that should be included in an HR degree program.
Teaching Resources
SHRM is committed to empowering HR faculty with the proper tools and resources needed to create better-prepared entry-level HR professionals through instruction for HR students. Courses and case study content is available free of charge to faculty members in aligned and non-aligned programs who are active SHRM members.
Terms: SHRM academic partnerships with colleges and universities through the academic alignment program include an expectation of exclusivity and that partners will forego similar partnerships with other organizations upon approval and inclusion in the SHRM HR Program Directory online.