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Direct linkTaylor, Steven C.; Soares, Louis – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2020
This chapter provides an overview of the issues that arise when trying to assess quality of credentials in the new credentialing market and discusses elements of an outcomes-based quality assurance that is evolving.
Descriptors: Quality Assurance, Credentials, Educational Assessment, Outcomes of Education
Kolb, Marcus; Kalina, Michelle; Chapman, Adina – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2013
The Obama administration and the Lumina Foundation have been the principal drivers focusing the nation on increasing the number of high-quality degrees and credentials. Tuning, a faculty-driven process for defining clear student learning outcomes--what a student should know, understand, and be able to do--is one of the ways to support this goal.
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Credentials, Outcomes of Education, Teaching Methods
Bragg, Debra; Dresser, Laura; Smith, Whitney – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2012
Shifting Gears was launched in 2007 by the Joyce Foundation, a Chicago-based organization focused on improving the quality of life of citizens residing in the Great Lakes region of the United States. The primary goal of Shifting Gears is to increase the number of low-skilled, low-income Midwestern adults who obtain college-level occupational…
Descriptors: Credentials, Labor Market, National Competency Tests, Labor Force Development
