In this commentary, the authors advocate support for the adoption of a universal credential registry. By connecting information about credentials and their value, Credential Engine's registry (CE) creates an ever-expanding atlas of educational possibilities for students. Many registrars, however, have yet to recognize the institutional value of this resource. In recent years, the number and types of credentials that learners can attain have increased rapidly. This growth has been enabled by disruptive technologies such as artificial intelligence and asynchronous collaboration platforms. These technologies harness the power of the Internet to democratize access to learning pathways, but they also create uncertainty with regard to credential taxonomy, validity, and relevance. A Credential Engine report found that in the United States alone, education providers ranging from traditional colleges and universities to massive open online courses (MOOCs) and online boot camps offer approximately 300,000 unique credentials. The authors describe modifications made to the student information system, at Elon University to accept assessment based credit and badges found on the CE Registry. These alternative digital credentials, similar to Elon's credit-based courses, would be posted to Elon's transfer articulation table. The goal of the new table design is to allow students, enrolled or prospective, to evaluate how all types of credentials will transfer, not just credit from other institutions. Scaled adoption of the CE Registry would provide transparency to what is currently an opaque, resource-intensive, and highly localized process. Articulation agreements could be built into the open repository, enabling users to see how their credentials would be articulated by various education providers. Institutions also could utilize this system to create advanced standing pathways and articulation agreements for recruitment.