Kelvin Bentley

Kelvin Bentley is the lead program manager at Texas Credentials for the Future. He leads the planning, development, and implementation of the University of Texas System’s $1.5 million Beyond Completion grant designed to help the UT's System's 9 academic universities embed industry-recognized credentials in academic degrees and college experiences

He is an expert in online education and has experience as a faculty member, an administrator, and a consultant. Bentley has led online learning initiatives for two- and four-year institutions as well as serving as a digital learning consultant for schools and organizations in the United States, Australia, Pakistan, and Colombia, among other countries.

Bentley served as the founding Assistant Vice President for Digital Learning Innovation at the University of West Florida and served as a part-time digital learning consultant for organizations including the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities, Tyton Partners, and Entangled Solutions. Bentley has written recent articles on digital learning for publications that include Educause Review and Inside Higher Education, and he has received honors such as being selected as a digital learning fellow by the Association of Chief Academic Officers (ACAO) in 2017, as well as being a recipient of Blackboard’s 2017 Catalyst Award for Inclusive Education and a Fulbright Specialist in 2010.