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Brown, Mark; Mhichil, Mairéad Nic Giolla; Beirne, Elaine; Mac Lochlainn, Conchúr – Journal of Learning for Development, 2021
This article offers a global overview of the burgeoning field of micro-credentials and their relationship to lifelong learning, employability and new models of digital education. Although there is no globally accepted definition of micro-credentials, the term indicates smaller units of study, which are usually shorter than traditional forms of…
Descriptors: Credentials, Lifelong Learning, Employment Potential, Models
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Mitterle, Alexander; Stock, Manfred – European Journal of Higher Education, 2021
In light of a global higher education expansion, the paper analyses the historic-structural conditions of this development for the German state(s) after World War II. Building on Talcott Parsons citizenship patterns, the analysis centres on two core institutions of the German higher education system: the state-organized system of entitlement…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Development, Educational History, Civil Rights
Colleges Ontario, 2020
Ontario's 24 colleges will play a pivotal role in establishing Ontario as a global leader in higher education -- producing a workforce with the qualifications and expertise to help drive economic recovery in the aftermath of the COVID-19 lockdown. In its recently released white paper, The Future of Ontario's Workers, the StrategyCorp Institute of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, COVID-19, Pandemics, Higher Education
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Baum, Sandy; Kurose, Charles; McPherson, Michael – Future of Children, 2013
This overview of postsecondary education in the United States reviews the dramatic changes over the past fifty years in the students who go to college, the institutions that produce higher education, and the ways it is financed. The article, by Sandy Baum, Charles Kurose, and Michael McPherson, creates the context for the articles that follow on…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Postsecondary Education, Educational Finance, Institutional Characteristics
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Kariya, Takehiko – Journal of Education and Work, 2011
The emergence of a global knowledge-based economy has given rise to drastic changes in both higher education and employment. On one hand, governments in advanced societies have launched policies to expand higher education to compete internationally in educating and attracting highly skilled workers. At the same time, both global economic…
Descriptors: Credentials, Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Longitudinal Studies
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McLean, Scott; Rollwagen, Heather – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2010
Part-time students have accounted for a significant proportion of rising participation in higher education in many countries. The objectives of this paper are to enrich the empirical literature concerning the inclusion of part-time adult learners in higher education, and to assess the two competing theoretical frameworks that have emerged to…
Descriptors: Credentials, Higher Education, Human Capital, Adult Learning
Bennett, Paul; Bergan, Sjur; Cassar, Daniela; Hamilton, Marlene; Soinila, Michele; Sursock, Andree; Uvalic-Trumbic, Stamenka; Williams, Peter – ENQA (European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education), 2010
The present report is the product of an ENQA (European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education) Bologna Seminar "Quality Assurance in Transnational Education: from words to action" hosted by the Quality Assurance Agency (QAA, UK) in London in December, 2008. The seminar discussed the current trends in Transnational…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Seminars, Quality Control
Talbott, Steve – Educom Review, 1999
Suggests that the "fact-shoveling" model of higher education is rendering institutions superfluous in this Information Age. Illustrates the convergence of business and education, and notes that businesses are providing relevant training for free, while a university education remains costly. Discusses the credential problem,…
Descriptors: Business, Costs, Credentials, Educational Development
Klinger, Katie; Duckett, Jane; Medrano, Maria; Crow, Nedra; Stowers, Gwen – 2002
Through the vehicle of the PT3 grant program, ECO TECH LINK has built a strong consortium to support technology circles of government, education and business in order to raise student achievement scores, shorten the time it takes to earn a teaching credential, and enhance the quality of teacher credential courses. The ECO TECH LINK grant enables…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Credentials, Educational Development, Educational Finance
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Smith, Linda C. – Science & Technology Libraries, 1998
An overview is provided of education for health sciences librarianship by considering its development, current status, and possible future evolution. Discusses the role of the professional association in providing a credentialing program for its members. Resources for the study of health sciences librarianship are appended. Contains 50 references.…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Credentials, Educational Development, Futures (of Society)