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Dalporto, Hannah; Lepe, Marco – MDRC, 2022
Increasingly, companies are dropping four-year degree requirements in job postings, favoring skill-based requirements--such as communication and writing--instead. These types of nonacademic "soft skills" are viewed as essential for employment--employers consistently cite these abilities as among the most valuable in job applicants, yet…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Curriculum Development, Soft Skills, Program Development
Business-Higher Education Forum, 2021
In 2018, BHEF and the Business Roundtable joined forces to create the Workforce Partnership Initiative (WPI). The initiative invited Business Roundtable CEOs to form multi-company partnerships and connect with leaders of postsecondary institutions to meet regional workforce needs. Dozens of CEOs responded, and the JPMorgan Chase Foundation awarded…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, School Business Relationship, Postsecondary Education, Labor Force Development
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Musgrave, Dorothea – Journal of Environmental Health, 1984
Discusses the current status, significance, and future of credentialing in the field of environmental health. Also discusses four phases of a Bureau of Health Professions (BHP) Credentialing Program and BHP-funded projects related to their development and implementation. Phases include role delineation, resources development, examination…
Descriptors: Certification, Credentials, Criterion Referenced Tests, Curriculum Development
Elgas, Peggy – 1981
Designed as a starting point for anyone interested in home-based programs, this packet provides resources and basic information for program development and describes in particular the Child Development Associate (CDA) Program, a national effort embodying a new concept of training, assessing, and credentialing child care staff. Brief background…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Child Caregivers, Competency Based Teacher Education, Credentials
Churchill, Ruth; And Others – 1976
An operational model developed as a result of a systematic analysis of three distinctly different Antioch centers--Juarez Lincoln University, Philadelphia Graduate Center, and Antioch-New England (the Keene Center)--is presented. Juarez Lincoln offers a 15-month program leading to the Master of Education degree. Many of the students are Mexican…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Cooperative Programs
Miller, Marc S. – 2001
Local school-to-work intermediaries and national industry associations share the goal of organizing employers to improve learning and career opportunities for young people. Each type of organization has much to offer the other. Local school-to-work intermediaries perform the following essential functions: convene local employers and other leaders;…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Advocacy, Community Organizations, Credentials
Karp, Melinda Mechur; Jacobs, James; Hughes, Katherine L. – 2002
The question of how to best prepare nurses for practice continues to be debated extensively. The crux of the debate is whether a bachelor of science in nursing (BSN) should be required of all registered nurses in the United States or whether an associate degree in nursing (ADN) and diploma programs adequately prepare novice nurses for practice.…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Access to Education, Accreditation (Institutions), Associate Degrees