Credentials Wave, on your phone
The website is the app: the day's news, 27 topic pages, the guides, the analysis, the calendar and the full archive, on any phone or desktop, with nothing to download and nothing to pay. Add it to your home screen and it opens like an app from then on.
No app store, no account and no update to wait for. Alerts come through your browser, the newsletter comes on Fridays.
Two taps, and it lives beside your other apps
Installing a website takes a moment and asks nothing of you: no store, no sign-in, no permissions. The icon opens Credentials Wave full screen, without the browser bars.
- Open credentialswave.com in Safari.
- Tap the Share button, the square with the arrow.
- Scroll and tap Add to Home Screen.
- Tap Add. The Credentials Wave icon is on your home screen.
- Open credentialswave.com in Chrome.
- Tap the three-dot menu at the top right.
- Tap Add to Home screen, or Install app.
- Tap Add or Install. The Credentials Wave icon is on your home screen.
The day in credentials, at the top
Accreditation decisions, criteria changes, exam bulletins, rulemaking and hiring shifts the moment they publish, led by a photograph and a headline worth stopping for, with a filter for the section you actually came for.
- News, guides, analysis, careers, voices and research
- Every claim named and linked to its source
- One tap from the feed to the full story
Every topic, a page of its own
Twenty-seven topics in three pillars, Accreditation, Certification and Workforce. Open yours, from student outcomes to the PE exam to skills-based hiring, for its own stories and the deadlines coming up in it.
- Accreditation, Certification and Workforce
- Stories and events for each topic
- Follow a topic for alerts when it moves
Conferences, workshops and deadlines, by the day
The events calendar for the credentialing year, from the annual meetings and symposia to evaluator training, webinars, exam windows and application deadlines, each with the date, the organizer and where to register.
- Listings grouped by the day they happen
- The organizer's page and registration in one tap
- Add an event to your own calendar
Friday, in your inbox
The week's stories and the deadlines ahead, once a week, free. It is the one place every article of the week lands together.
- Every Friday morning
- Free, and one tap to leave
- The week's best guide and analysis lead it
The small things that make it yours
Add it to your home screen
Share, then Add to Home Screen in Safari, or the menu then Add to Home screen in Chrome. It opens full screen like an app from then on.
News alerts in your browser
Tap Follow on a topic, or allow notifications when the site asks, and an editor sends a handful of stories worth your attention. Turn them off any time, in the browser.
The Weekly Wave, Fridays
The week's stories, the best guide and analysis and the deadlines ahead, in one free email every Friday. One tap to leave.
Everything credentials. Every day.
Accreditation, licensure and certification, reported straight, free to read on any phone. Start with today's stories or pick the topic you work in.
Good to know
Is there a Credentials Wave app?
The website is the app. Credentials Wave is built for the web, so there is nothing to download and nothing to update: open credentialswave.com on any phone and every story, topic page and guide is there. Add it to your home screen and it opens full screen like an app from then on.
How much does it cost?
Nothing. Every story is free, and there is no subscription or paywall waiting a few articles in. Advertisers support the publication.
Do I need an account?
No. Reading, searching, the topic pages and the events calendar all work without one. Signing in is optional, by a six-digit code sent to your email or phone, no password to invent, and it keeps your saved stories with you between devices.
Can I get alerts?
Yes, in your browser. Tap Follow on any topic or allow notifications when the site asks, and you get a handful of stories worth interrupting your day for, chosen by an editor, rather than a stream of pings. Turn them off any time in your browser settings. Reading never depends on it.
How do I put it on my home screen?
On an iPhone, open credentialswave.com in Safari, tap the Share button, then Add to Home Screen. On Android, open it in Chrome, tap the three-dot menu, then Add to Home screen or Install. The Credentials Wave icon lands on your home screen and opens without the browser bars.
Does it work without a signal?
Stories you have already opened stay readable, and the installed site opens on its own even before the connection comes back. Fresh news naturally needs a signal.
Is Credentials Wave in the Wave Locals app?
Not at the moment. Wave Locals carries the regional Wave publications; Credentials Wave is a topic publication and lives on the web. If that changes, this page will say so.
Is Credentials Wave part of an accreditor or a board?
No. It is an independent publication from Wave Agency. It reports on accreditors, licensing boards and certifying bodies and speaks for none of them; every story names and links the source it rests on.