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Certificates: A Fast Track to Careers
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Torpey, Elka – Occupational Outlook Quarterly, 2013
Certificates are nondegree awards for completing an educational program of study after high school. Typically, students finish these programs to prepare for a specific occupation. And they do so in a relatively short period of time: Most certificates take less than a year to complete, and almost all are designed to take less than 2 years. Among…
Descriptors: Awards, Community Colleges, Certification, Allied Health Occupations