ERIC Number: EJ1477193
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025
Pages: 17
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ISSN: ISSN-0737-7363
EISSN: EISSN-1948-4801
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Learning through Micro-Credential Experiences in Puerto Rican Students: An Exploration of the Perceived Value of the Bank of America (BofA) Jobs Initiative
Journal of Continuing Higher Education, v73 n2 p163-179 2025
This study uncovers students', professors', and employers' micro-credential programs perceived value. Using a phenomenological methodology, we unveiled the meaning of participants' shared experiences. We performed a narrative analysis of students' written assessments and built a robust information-gathering structure with professors' and employers' interviews. The construction of the micro-credential program's perceived value was based upon the affective domain of learning, producing connected responses from participant students, professors, and employers. For students, those perspectives included empowerment, effort, nourishment, and closeness. Professors emphasized the teachers' perceptions and freedom, whereas employers emphasized the benefits and construction/deconstruction categories. Those interpretations built a construction of value perceived by the participants, consisting of knowledge, development tools, and affective connections.
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes, Employer Attitudes, College Students, College Faculty, Employers, Banking, Microcredentials, Education Work Relationship, Business Education, Leadership, English (Second Language), Critical Thinking, Creative Thinking, Conflict Resolution, Collective Bargaining, Skill Development, Soft Skills
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Puerto Rico
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