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Direct linkSamuel Karpen – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2024
As the cost of traditional degrees increases, educators are turning to low-cost, short-term microcredentials as an alternative. Not all species of microcredential are equally variable. Nanodegrees, MicroMasters, and certificates usually require several months of coursework in a career-focused area like accounting, project management, artificial…
Descriptors: Educational Attainment, Microcredentials, Nontraditional Education, Job Skills
Download full textLindsay Malone; Aidan Mahon – Adult Learner: The Irish Journal of Adult and Community Education, 2023
This paper explores the Centre for Insurance, Risk and Data Analytics Studies (CIRDAS) as a case study of online adult education which offers flexible upskilling and reskilling opportunities to employees across the Irish insurance sector. It explores how CIRDAS's agile programme development enabled flexible entry, exit and progression routes for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Lifelong Learning, Electronic Learning, Adult Education
Nancy Hoffman – Jobs for the Future, 2025
The Humanities to Career initiative is grounded in the belief that the study of the humanities/liberal arts (HLA) can be an asset in preparation for technical and professional careers. Lorain County Community College, in Elyria, Ohio; Bunker Hill Community College, in Boston; and Northern Virginia Community College, located outside of Washington,…
Descriptors: Microcredentials, Community College Students, Community Colleges, Humanities
Cedefop - European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training, 2024
Microcredentials hold promise for connecting people's skillsets with labour market demand in a rapidly changing world of work. They have proliferated in recent years across economic sectors and education levels, reinforcing European and national efforts to understand and develop them better. They can increase the provision of…
Descriptors: Microcredentials, Credibility, Educational Practices, Education Work Relationship
McGreal, Rory; Mackintosh, Wayne; Cox, Glenda; Olcott, Don, Jr. – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2022
This paper describes current trends and issues in implementing micro-credentials. The COVID-19 epidemic, combined with the increasing cost of higher education; employer concerns about graduate skills and competencies; increasing inequities in access; and student frustrations about lack of job opportunities have all been a catalyst for…
Descriptors: Microcredentials, Open Educational Resources, Job Training, Employment Qualifications
Graduate Management Admission Council, 2025
For more than a decade, the GMAC Prospective Students Survey (PSS) has provided the world's graduate business schools with critical insights into the decision-making processes of people actively applying to, considering, or researching graduate management education (GME) programs. This year's report, summarized in this report, considers data…
Descriptors: Business Schools, Business Education, Graduate Students, Student Financial Aid
