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Direct linkDadgar, Mina; Trimble, Madeline Joy – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2015
This study provides one of the first estimates of the returns to different types of community college credentials--short-term certificates, long-term certificates, and associate degrees--across different fields of study. We exploit a rich data set that includes matched, longitudinal college transcripts and Unemployment Insurance records for…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Outcomes of Education, Credentials, Labor Market
Download full textDadgar, Mina; Weiss, Madeline Joy – Community College Research Center, Columbia University, 2012
This study provides one of the first estimates of the returns to different types of community college credentials--short-term certificates, long-term certificates, and associate degrees--across different fields of study. We exploit a rich dataset that includes matched, longitudinal college transcripts and Unemployment Insurance records for…
Descriptors: Credentials, Wages, Human Capital, Community Colleges
American Council on Education, Washington, DC. Task Force on Educational Credit and Credentials. – 1978
Fifteen recommendations, based on a two-year study, are presented on the credit and credential system in postsecondary education. Objectives are to increase the awareness of employers and those concerned with postsecondary education of the educational and social significance of credentialing educational accomplishment and to help institutions…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Adult Students, Articulation (Education), College Credits
