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Selvaratnam, Ratna; Sankey, Michael – Open Praxis, 2021
Micro-credentialing is rapidly growing globally as learning that is both life-long and lifewide and this has only accelerated due to COVID-19. To understand what this means for higher education, The Australasian Council on Open, Distance and eLearning has conducted two surveys on the implementation and practice of micro-credentialing in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Credentials, Higher Education, School Policy
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Selvaratnam, Ratna Malar; Sankey, Michael David – Journal of Teaching and Learning for Graduate Employability, 2021
Micro-credentials research, which includes digital badges, is a relatively new field of study that seeks to inform the implementation, portability and sustainability of the ecology of meaningful delivery. This paper reviews literature relevant to understanding connections between universities' intent to offer micro-credentials and the environment…
Descriptors: Credentials, Employment Qualifications, Awards, Models
Brown, David W., Ed.; Witte, Deborah, Ed. – Kettering Foundation, 2016
This annual publication serves as a forum for new ideas and dialogue between scholars and the larger public. Essays explore ways that students, administrators, and faculty can initiate and sustain an ongoing conversation about the public life they share. Following a Foreword by Deborah Witte, this issue of the "Higher Education Exchange"…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Graduate Study, Professionalism, Graduate School Faculty
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Adedokun, Omolola A.; Zhang, Dake; Parker, Loran Carleton; Bessenbacher, Ann; Childress, Amy; Burgess, Wilella Daniels – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2012
Extant and emerging literature on undergraduate research experiences (UREs) focuses on the identification of their benefits to student participants. However, a notable limitation in these studies results from little or no examination of the processes through which UREs influence student career decisions and education aspirations. This study offers…
Descriptors: Credentials, Career Choice, Graduate Study, Undergraduate Study
Mulvey, Patrick J.; Dodge, Elizabeth – 1996
This document reports on a 1995 survey of students graduating with a bachelor's degree in physics or astronomy as part of an ongoing series of surveys that have been conducted by the American Institute of Physics (AIP) since the 1960s. The data obtained on the 1995 class build upon established trends in students' immediate postbaccalaureate plans…
Descriptors: Astronomy, Bachelors Degrees, College Graduates, Credentials
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Schutz, Margaret L.; Gordon, William E. – Journal of Education for Social Work, 1977
Using a competency-based approach, the authors propose that schools prepare students for practice, after which agencies accredited by the profession would teach the student to practice, with final certification of competence in practice resting with a public-based licensure board. (Author/LBH)
Descriptors: Accountability, Certification, Credentials, Educational Responsibility
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Smith, Veon G.; Nichols, William C. – Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 1979
Reviews the significance of accreditation in marital and family therapy and the role of the Committee on Accreditation of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy. Accreditation of educational and training facilities through a sound process can facilitate development and maintenance of quality preparation. Accredited programs are…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accreditation (Institutions), Credentials, Educational Programs
Krovetz, Martin L. – Journal of CAPEA (California Assn. of Professors of Educational Administration), 1995
Student cohort groups, intensive education, portfolio assessment, teacher coaches, student workers, and powerful learning are integral to San Jose State University's newly restructured Preliminary Administrative Services Credential Program for prospective school administrators. The program grew out of students' dissatisfaction with the previous…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Credentials, Elementary Secondary Education, Graduate Study
Mann, Dale – APSS Know How, 1976
A competency-based program of administrator education involves evidence of field experience as well as proficiency examinations. (MLF)
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Administrator Qualifications, Competency Based Education, Credentials
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
Kim, Lori – Journal of CAPEA (California Assn. of Professors of Educational Administration), 1996
In fall 1994, California State University, Los Angeles, initiated a pilot program reflecting the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing's new standards for administrator preparation and professional development. The program stresses five areas: organizational and cultural environment, strategic issues management, ethical and reflective…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Administrator Effectiveness, Credentials, Elementary Secondary Education
Knapp, Joan; Hamilton, I. Bruce – 1978
This survey identified problems encountered by deans and admissions staff from 35 graduate schools regarding a typical undergraduate assessment and reporting procedures such as credit by examination, credit for prior learning or field experience, narrative transcripts, and pass/fail grading. Eighteen of these schools were studied in depth via site…
Descriptors: Academic Records, Administrative Problems, Admission Criteria, College Admission
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Patterson, Sheila M. – Journal of Health Education, 1992
Reviews 14 selected conferences and 11 key reports and documents regarding professional preparation and the development of professional standards in health education, starting with a 1943 statement from the American Public Health Association. The review was developed from an analysis of original documents containing conference proceedings and…
Descriptors: Credentials, Elementary Secondary Education, Graduate Study, Health Education
Watsky, Claire – Alternative Higher Education: The Journal of Nontraditional Studies, 1978
Results of a 13-item questionnaire mailed to Iona College graduates who had received "life experience" credits as part of their undergraduate degree are presented. The purpose of the study was to determine the acceptability of life-experience credits by graduate schools to improve advising and advocacy activities. (Author/LBH)
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, College Credits, Credentials, Experiential Learning
Lykes, M. Brinton; Stewart, Abigail J. – 1982
Virtually all psychological theories assume that early life experiences have an impact on later life choices. However, increasing doubts have been expressed about the universality and permanence of the relationship between women's work and family lives. To explore how early family experiences and early adult decisions affect women's later career…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Choice, Cohort Analysis, College Graduates
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