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Zanville, Holly; Travers, Nan – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2022
The U.S. centuries-old four-tiered degree system (associate, baccalaureate, masters, doctorate) can be insurmountable for many and hinders those who do not complete any given tier. The nation's credential landscape is increasingly confusing, with nearly one million unique credentials awarded from postsecondary education institutions and related…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Academic Degrees, Credentials, Postsecondary Education
Smolentseva, Anna – Studies in Higher Education, 2023
Drawing on various disciplinary and scholarly approaches to the multiple roles of higher education in society, this paper offers a new conceptualisation of the non-economic contributions of higher education. The conceptual model identifies two basic dimensions in higher education's contributions to society. The first, axiological dimension…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Role of Education, Educational Objectives, Educational Sociology
Laryea, Krystal; Paepcke, Andreas; Mirzaei, Kathy; Stevens, Mitchell L. – Journal of Higher Education, 2021
Researchers have investigated the demography and styles of engagement of those who enroll in MOOCs but have lent little attention to how learners navigate MOOCs' ambiguity as academic certifications. Analyzing semi-structured interviews with 60 people who devoted substantial time to at least one MOOC between 2014-2017, we find that people use…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Open Education, Postsecondary Education, Credentials
Seemiller, Corey; Rosch, David M. – Journal of Leadership Education, 2023
In conducting a multi-disciplinary, multi-degree study of all 83 higher education accrediting organizations in the United States and the 605 academic programs associated with them, our goal was to uncover patterns in the presence of leadership and general workforce competencies identified within the stated learning outcomes employed by these…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Accreditation (Institutions), Leadership Qualities, Competence
DeMark, Sarah; Kozyrev, Joann – Journal of Competency-Based Education, 2021
Individuals need the shortest path to opportunity and employers require the shortest path to a skilled diverse workforce. To solve for this, Western Governors University (WGU) has created a skills-based architecture to map our competencies and credentials to high-demand knowledge, and technical skills as well as powerful, enduring, employability…
Descriptors: Career Pathways, Employment Opportunities, Employment Potential, Job Skills
Haviland, Sara; Robbins, Steven – ETS Research Report Series, 2021
Workforce development and career and technical education (CTE) have long provided reliable pathways to middle skill jobs and a gateway to the middle class. Given recent changes in middle skills jobs, the education landscape, and federal policy priorities, the role of CTE in the U.S. educational landscape is evolving more rapidly, encompassing a…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Technical Education, Skilled Workers, Educational Research
Jenness, Sarah; Acheampong, Zoe – Jobs for the Future, 2022
This resource provides helpful information for high school teachers and counselors to better understand computer science, an industry that has many high-wage jobs open across the country. The resource supports effective advising by including an overview of computer science, cybersecurity, and networking; defines in-demand computer science skills…
Descriptors: High School Teachers, Counselors, Computer Science, Academic Advising
LaMagna, Michael – Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship, 2017
There is an increased focus on the use of stackable micro-credentials in education including the use of digital badges. These micro-credentials allow for students to learn specific skills or gain knowledge in focused areas of study. Stacking these micro-credentials together, students can demonstrate what they have learned. Understanding how…
Descriptors: Credentials, Electronic Libraries, Technology Uses in Education, Academic Libraries
What Works Clearinghouse, 2019
This protocol guides the review of research that informs the What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) intervention reports in the postsecondary Career and Technical Education (CTE) topic area. The review-specific protocol is used in conjunction with the "WWC Procedures and Standards Handbook" (version 4.0). WWC reviews in this topic area focus on…
Descriptors: Career and Technical Education, Postsecondary Education, Intervention, Associate Degrees
Bishop, Mason M. – American Enterprise Institute, 2019
Several economic factors influence the availability of job openings and labor supply, including technological change and access to quality educational resources. One of the most important factors explaining the current disparity between available jobs and labor supply, however, has been the "skills gap," or the difference between the…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Noncredit Courses, Community Colleges, Job Training
Randall, Daniel L.; Farmer, Tadd; West, Richard E. – Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education (CITE Journal), 2019
This article describes an examination of how undergraduate instructional design assistants (IDAs) scaled up an open badge system by assisting in creating open badges. External reviewers rated the open badge rubrics created by seven of these IDAs along with those created by instructors, and the results were compared by scored components as well as…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Teaching Assistants, Instructional Design, Teacher Education
Mathur, Ambika; Wood, Mary E.; Cano, Annmarie – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2018
Ph.D. recipients across disciplines pursue careers in a variety of sectors, including academia, for profit, government, not-for-profit, and other areas. Alumni also change career paths, navigating between the sectors and job types over time. While these careers require distinctive disciplinary skills and knowledge, employers also seek to hire…
Descriptors: Mastery Learning, Transfer of Training, Visualization, Recognition (Achievement)
Council for Adult and Experiential Learning, 2018
Within the next few years the majority of jobs in the U.S. will require some type of postsecondary credential. However, less than half of adults in this country currently possess a credential beyond high school. Though they may not have a college degree to show for it, most adults have likely gained significant and valuable learning through their…
Descriptors: Labor Force Development, Prior Learning, Community Colleges, Education Work Relationship
BC Student Outcomes, 2018
The Student Outcomes surveys include a series of questions that focus on the specific skills acquired by former students. Many of the skills are employability skills. The former students who responded to the Student Outcomes surveys were very likely to say their institutions helped them develop skills and that those skills were useful for…
Descriptors: Job Skills, Employment Potential, Skill Development, College Graduates
Sigelman, Matt – New England Journal of Higher Education, 2014
The debate over the value of a college education appears to be settled, not only do employers value employees with a bachelor's degree, they may actually value them too much. This author believes that there is a dramatic credentials gap in the American workforce between the education levels employers are requesting in job postings and the…
Descriptors: Masters Degrees, Employer Attitudes, Credentials, Labor Force Development
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