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Borowczyk, Margaret – Foreign Language Annals, 2020
The introduction of the Seal of Biliteracy (SoBL) has presented a potent opportunity for community heritage language schools to credential the heritage language proficiency of their students in a U.S. context. This study explores the involvement of community heritage language schools in the SoBL initiative. It investigates how seven heritage…
Descriptors: Literacy, Bilingualism, Heritage Education, Barriers
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Ezell, Allen – College and University, 2019
This is the first of three articles on academic fraud. This article describes the history and growth of diploma mills and counterfeit operations. The second article will focus on Axact, the world's largest diploma mill (a true criminal enterprise). The third will detail how to identify diploma mills. This article describes degree mills…
Descriptors: Educational History, Deception, Crime, Identification
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Hoanca, Bogdan; Craig, Benjamin – Journal of Information Systems Education, 2019
Building on the importance of experiential learning for early career success, this paper presents a blueprint for a multiple-tier co-op approach, where students as early as high school will be selected by employers, will learn skills relevant to the employer's needs, and will get hands-on experience while enrolled in a relevant educational…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, School Business Relationship, Information Technology, High School Students
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Kanuka, Heather; Smith, Erika E. – International Journal for Academic Development, 2019
The purpose of this research was to gain a broader understanding of what department heads and doctoral students believe to be the value of credentialed teaching certificates. Using a survey methodology with participants (N= 450), the study focused on the extent to which a credentialed teaching certificate provides a competitive advantage when…
Descriptors: Department Heads, College Faculty, Teacher Attitudes, Student Attitudes
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Iwata, Jun; Wang, Shudong; Clayton, John – Research-publishing.net, 2019
In e-learning environments, 'digital badges', often referred to as 'micro-credentials', are expected to function not only as valid indicators of learner's accomplishments but also as useful tools for motivational and reward purposes (Clayton, 2012). In this study, we investigated students' perceptions about the use of digital badges in an online…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Recognition (Achievement), Information Storage, Electronic Learning
Ministry of Advanced Education, Skills & Training, 2019
This report reflects student-level data submitted by 21 of British Columbia's (BC) public post-secondary institutions, including colleges, institutes and seven universities. Since June 2002, a data quality management plan has been in place to measure and improve the overall quality of data in the Central Data Warehouse. This plan was revised in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Postsecondary Education, Community Colleges, Technical Institutes
Rossiter, Darien; Tynan, Belinda – Commonwealth of Learning, 2019
Many organisations are experimenting with micro-credentials, while others are emerging to collect, publish and offer credentials. The decision to engage with these new forms of credentials will be influenced by many factors, as described in this guide. Each organisation will need to assess their own level of maturity as new and innovative forms of…
Descriptors: Credentials, Educational Certificates, Job Skills, Skill Development
Marlon W. Gray – ProQuest LLC, 2019
Mental health care in the United States is both important and expensive. In many instances, those with the least amount of access to quality mental health care services also face other social inequities. The government has addressed this issue in a myriad of ways, some effective, others not. The outpatient development model creates a barrier to…
Descriptors: Urban Youth, Minority Groups, Youth, Experience
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Foshay, Wellesley R.; Hale, Judith – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2017
Performance based assessment is currently receiving renewed attention as an alternative to conventional testing. We argue that performance based assessment, supported by a microcredentialing system, is particularly well suited to corporate environments that stress strategic development of their workforce capacities. There are important…
Descriptors: Performance Based Assessment, Corporations, Certification, Alternative Assessment
Willis, Marc – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The purpose of this research was to determine what, if any, relationship existed when considering instructor credentials in relation to student surveys of instruction (SSOI), instructor credentials in relation to grade distribution, and the relationship between SSOI and grade distribution. The case study college is a two-year rural institution in…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, College Faculty, Student Surveys, Credentials
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Liu, Xiang; Murphy, Diane – Information Systems Education Journal, 2021
Today's organizations are operating in a volatile, uncertain and complex digital environment. The outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated this situation. There is an urgent need for organizations to acquire a new generation of business and technology professionals that not only possess in-depth and current disciplinary specialization…
Descriptors: Nontraditional Education, Educational Strategies, Retraining, Labor Force Development
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Jirgensons, Merija; Kapenieks, Janis – Journal of Teacher Education for Sustainability, 2018
Blockchain educational technology has created assessment and management tools for learner credentials that are permanent, transparent and sustainable while giving users direct access. Personal encrypted credentials enable users to shape lifelong learning pathways and personalizes education according to individual values and needs. They allow for…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Credentials, Recognition (Achievement), Lifelong Learning
British Columbia Council on Admissions and Transfer, 2020
This report examines transfer student pathways and performance from British Columbia (BC) Transfer System institutions into BC's public research-intensive universities: Royal Roads University (RRU), Simon Fraser University (SFU), Thompson Rivers University (TRU), University of British Columbia (UBC), University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC),…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Transfer Students, Student Characteristics, College Credits
Kim, Anne – Progressive Policy Institute, 2019
As many as 4.4 million U.S. jobs are going unfilled due to shortages of workers with the right skills. Many of these opportunities are in so-called "middle-skill" occupations, such as IT or advanced manufacturing, where workers need some sort of post-secondary credential but not a four-year degree. Expanding access to high-quality career…
Descriptors: Labor Needs, Career Education, Federal Aid, Eligibility
Casey, Katherine; Worthen, Maria; Truong, Natalie – iNACOL, 2019
Transforming K-12 education systems to meet the new economic, civic, and cultural demands of our global society requires a modern teacher workforce. Specifically, it requires a teacher workforce with the knowledge, skills, and systems of supports to be successful in student-centered, competency-based, and diverse learning environments. This brief:…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Student Centered Learning, Competency Based Education, Equal Education
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