The University of Georgia developed the Comprehensive Learner Record (CLR) to address a gap between traditional academic transcripts and the professional skills employers seek in graduates. While transcripts document courses and grades, they often fail to capture the critical skills students develop in their courses and activities such as leadership roles, research projects, student employment, and experiential learning opportunities. UGA recognized that students needed a more comprehensive and validated way to demonstrate competencies such as critical thinking, communication, leadership, collaboration, creativity, and social responsibility. In response, the University designed the CLR as a digital credential that combines students’ courses and activities into a single record that highlights their achieved competencies.
Visit the CLR website at clr.uga.edu and click on the red "CLR Portal" button to access your personalized CLR. Log in using your UGA MyID and password.
UGA's Institutional Competencies help you identify and communicate the professional skills you develop through your coursework and co-curricular experiences. These competencies make it easier to describe what you have learned and demonstrate your readiness for your career, graduate school, and other opportunities.
The six Institutional Competencies are:
As you complete approved courses and participate in eligible activities, you'll build experience across these competencies. Your progress will be reflected on your Comprehensive Learner Record (CLR), helping you connect your academic experiences with the knowledge and skills employers and graduate programs value.
You can search for approved courses and activities by competency in the Comprehensive Learner Record Portal and on the CLR website, clr.uga.edu.
To learn more about each competency, visit https://reg.uga.edu/faculty-and-staff/competencies/.
In the CLR Portal, you may view the Institutional Competencies you’ve acquired during your time at UGA, along with the related experiences.
Every course and activity that has been mapped to one or more Institutional Competency has gone through a rigorous approval process, starting with submission by units across the University and ending with the review of UGA’s Institutional Competency Subcommittee. Each competency you see mapped to a course or activity has been proven to be a vital component of that experience, ensuring that, if you put in the time and effort to complete your courses and engage in UGA’s programs, you have developed these professional skills and earned these competencies.
The information on your CLR is verified for accuracy by UGA, so employers and graduate programs can trust that the courses and activities listed are valid and meet the linked Institutional Competencies.
Yes! Simply log in to the CLR portal to easily view and curate a personalized CLR that highlights the competencies and activities that you want to emphasize in a job interview or graduate school application.
Visit the CLR website at clr.uga.edu and click on the red "CLR Portal" button to access your personalized CLR. Log in using your UGA MyID and password.
You are encouraged to explore your CLR Portal to become familiar with all its features.
On your CLR Portal homepage, you can review your completed experiences across the six Institutional Competencies in the “My Acquired Competencies” section. Here, you can view a snapshot of your competencies and select “View All My Competencies” to explore more details and review the specific learning outcomes that have been mapped to each experience.
Alternatively, you may explore your completed and in-progress courses and activities mapped to competencies through your “My Experiences” section. Here, you will be able to select these experiences individually to find more details and review their approved learning outcomes.
The CLR Portal also provides a search feature to explore all courses and activities that have been approved for Institutional Competencies. Through the CLR Portal’s search feature, you can look for specific courses or activities or filter by experience type or one or more Institutional Competency. As you search, results will display opportunities with their descriptions, information about their mapped competencies, and other academic information. You may select any experience to find more information on its learning outcomes to gain a better understanding of the skills you will develop.
You may also mark opportunities you are interested in to save for later or discuss with your academic advisors.
Additionally, you can search for courses and activities that fulfill Institutional Competencies on the CLR website, clr.uga.edu. The UGA Bulletin also allows you to browse courses that fulfill these competencies.
As you make progress in your collegiate career, you will develop a robust CLR profile with numerous experiences across the six Institutional Competencies. At any time, you can preview your CLR in the “Comprehensive Learner Record” section of your CLR Portal.
In the preview, you can view your CLR as it would appear when shared with potential employers. Your CLR includes your personal information, the University of Georgia’s logo as well as the badge of validation, and the highlights of your accomplishments across the Institutional Competencies. The CLR is interactive – once shared, employers and academic professionals will be able to view more details on every experience, including their descriptions and learning outcomes.
What you share is entirely customizable. Within the CLR Portal, you can build multiple versions of your CLR for different audiences. If you wish to omit a course or activity or even an entire Institutional Competency, you will have that option.
Note: For these individualized templates, you must publish them before sharing them. The name you use for each template will also be the name seen by employers and academic professionals
Once created and published, you can share your CLR template as a link, which you may add to your resume, portfolio, or send directly to employers and academic professionals.
To learn additional information about a course you are interested in taking, search for the course in the UGA Bulletin . To find registration information and to enroll in a course section, visit Athena.
To learn additional information about an activity, including when it is offered and how to register, reach out to the Activity Contact listed for that activity within the CLR Portal and on the CLR website, clr.uga.edu.
Yes, the information in the CLR will be part of your student record and retained by the University for access after graduation.
For more information or general questions regarding the CLR, Institutional Competencies, experiences listed in the portal, and how to navigate the system, reach out to the Office of the Registrar at clr@uga.edu.