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A Framework to Implement Academic Digital Badges When Reskilling the IT Workforce
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Bell, Natalia; Liu, Michelle; Murphy, Diane – Information Systems Education Journal, 2022
Information technology (IT) plays an increasingly significant role in today's world. The COVID-19 pandemic has increased that reliance. Employers in all industries are struggling with considerable shortages of skilled IT workers and are seeking innovative alternatives to meet these needs. Digital badging and micro-credentials have emerged as an…
Descriptors: Information Technology, Job Skills, Recognition (Achievement), Evaluation Methods
Advancing Family and Consumer Sciences Graduate Education: Moving beyond Gatekeeper
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Vail, Ann – Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences, 2022
Advancing family and consumer sciences (FCS) graduate education ensures the vitality and sustainability of the profession. The ever-changing landscape of higher education, the economy, and the labor market requires increasingly agile and adaptable professionals to serve society. Examining the curriculum and creating student-centered FCS graduate…
Descriptors: Family and Consumer Sciences, Graduate Study, Doctoral Programs, Doctoral Degrees
Graduate STEM Education for the 21st Century. Consensus Study Report
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Leshner, Alan, Ed.; Scherer, Layne, Ed. – National Academies Press, 2018
The U.S. system of graduate education in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) has served the nation and its science and engineering enterprise extremely well. Over the course of their education, graduate students become involved in advancing the frontiers of discovery, as well as in making significant contributions to the…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, STEM Education, Graduate Study, State of the Art Reviews
Quality Assurance in Postgraduate Education. ENQA Workshop Report 12
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Bitusikova, Alexandra; Bohrer, Janet; Borosic, Ivana; Costes, Nathalie; Edinsel, Kerim; Hollander, Karoline; Jacobsson, Gunilla; Jakopovic, Ivan Filip; Kearney, Mary-Louise; Mulder, Fred; Negyesi, Judith; Pietzonka, Manuel – ENQA (European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education), 2010
The present report follows an ENQA (European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education) Workshop on Quality Assurance and Postgraduate Education, hosted by the Romanian Agency for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ARACIS) in Brasov, Romania on 12-13 March 2009. The workshop was an excellent opportunity for ENQA members to exchange…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Credentials, Graduate Study, Graduate Students
John Tracy Clinic/University of San Diego Graduate Program: A Distance Learning Model
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McGinnis, Mary – Volta Review, 2010
The John Tracy Clinic (JTC) has a long history in the development and implementation of distance education courses for parents. It began with the founder of JTC, Louise Tracy, who personally corresponded with parents of young children with hearing loss around the globe to provide them hope, guidance, and encouragement. Mrs. Tracy's correspondence…
Descriptors: Credentials, Schools of Education, Education Courses, Distance Education
The MLS: For the Public Good or for Our Good?
Cottam, Keith M. – Library Journal, 1986
This essay on the issue of qualifications for librarianship highlights debate over the Master of Library Science (MLS) as legitimate academic credential or minimum qualification, use of the MLS, change and new directions that are transforming field of librarianship, nonlibrarian specialists, and professional role and behavior. Ten sources are…
Descriptors: Credentials, Graduate Study, Librarians, Library Education
Student Handbook, 1999-2000.
California Univ., Los Angeles. Graduate School of Education & Information Studies. – 1999
The purpose of this Student Handbook for the Department of Information Studies (IS) at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), is to provide a readily available summary of information from a variety of sources. The Handbook is divided into five sections. The first section, "General Information," includes the IS calendar and…
Descriptors: Certification, Credentials, Doctoral Programs, Graduate Study
Unions and Universities. The Rise of the New Labor Leader.
Denker, Joel – 1981
The emergence of the field of labor studies in both undergraduate and graduate programs, its struggle for acceptance within academe, and its effects within the labor movement are studied. Particular emphasis is given to the impact of the credentials issues on the character of the American union, which has traditionally prized experience rather…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Graduates, Credentials, Degrees (Academic)