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Community Colleges Can Increase Credential Stacking by Introducing New Programs within Established Technical Pathways
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Anderson, Drew M.; Daugherty, Lindsay – Journal of Higher Education, 2023
"Stackable" credentials offer opportunities for college students to start by earning short-term credentials in vocational and technical fields, then stack additional credentials as they progress in careers, building skills in the classroom and in the workforce. Stackable credentials come at a cost: colleges expend resources in developing…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Credentials, Educational Certificates, Student Certification
From Commercial Schools to Corporate Universities: Explaining the Shift in Proprietary Business Education in the U.S., 1970-1990
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Bañuelos, Nidia I. – Journal of Higher Education, 2016
This study used archival sources to examine the factors that encouraged for-profit business education to shift during the 1970s from small, certificate programs for bookkeepers and secretaries to large, multisite universities for mid-level managers. Using data from the Occupational Outlook Handbook, as well as trend data from the Bureau of Labor…
Descriptors: Business Education, Corporate Education, Proprietary Schools, Masters Degrees
The Credibility of the Credit Hour; The History, Use, and Shortcomings of the Credit System
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Heffernan, James M. – Journal of Higher Education, 1973
Descriptors: Credit Courses, Credits, Degree Requirements, Educational Certificates
Analysis of an Innovation (CLEP)
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Caldwell, Edward – Journal of Higher Education, 1973
Since credit-by-examination is an intrinsically sound educational device, those who administer it might well take steps to protect it from abuse. Colleges should insist that both content specialists and measurement experts participate in evaluating the tests and the College Entrance Examination Board should revise its procedures so that…
Descriptors: Educational Certificates, Equivalency Tests, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education
Commentary
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Heffernan, James M. – Journal of Higher Education, 1973
The author comments on Jonathan R. Warren's article, External Degrees: Coping with the Problems of Credit. (PG)
Descriptors: Academic Records, Bachelors Degrees, Credit Courses, Credits
External Degrees: Coping with the Problems of Credit
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Warren, Jonathan R. – Journal of Higher Education, 1973
Descriptors: Academic Records, Bachelors Degrees, Credit Courses, Credits