Over the past six decades, opportunities for high school students to earn college credit have multiplied. From early career and technical education offerings to the Advanced Placement Program (AP ), to several different models of dual enrollment and early college high schools, these programs now serve millions of students each year. More...
The Lumina Foundation has been pursuing the goal of recognizing and accepting for-credit microcredentials and learning experiences for several years, through their Connecting Credentials effort and the proposed framework they launched back in 2015. More...
By Paul Fain. The three-year process was anything but easy. Faculty groups pushed back hard on the so-called Pathways initiative, decrying the attempt by CUNY’s central administration to create a slimmer, standardized core curriculum of 30 credits across the large system. More...
Techno-News Blog. Very soon this nascent technology could securely enable registrars to help students verify credentials without the hassle of ordering copies of transcripts. While truth may seem evasive on many fronts, a joint academic and industry effort is underway to codify it for credentialing. More...
Techno-News Blog. Credentialing and competency-based education models remain a relatively-small part of the matriculation process at most colleges and universities, but a new study suggests new ways institutions can more efficiently gauge prior learning and capacity in high-level subject matters. More...
Sur le blog de Michel Abhervé pour Alternatives économiques. Le Ministère du travail, de l’emploi, de la formation professionnelle et du dialogue social vient de donner une réponse à plusieurs questions écrites posées entre juillet et novembre 2016 par des sénateurs de différents bords politiques concernant la “Sous-consommation des crédits de l’insertion par l’activité économique“. Voir l'article...
By Steven Mintz. Certificates or industry certifications are no longer just for those with only a high school degree. Growing numbers of students at four-year institutions and post-bacs are acquiring certificates, badges, MicroMasters, and nanodegrees – often at great expense – to upgrade their skills, enter a new field, or bolster their competitiveness in the job market. Read more...
By Alex Usher. The complaints about credentials basically come in two categories. The first has to do with what I call the “chunking” of credentials. At the moment, we essentially have two sets of building blocks: “Credits” (or “courses”) and degrees. More...
By Meris Stansbury. Leaders from Learning Machine, MIT Media Lab, and Carnegie Mellon University engaged in a groundbreaking conversation with a packed house of EdTech vendors and education leaders at the annual EDUCAUSE conference. More...
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. This paper argues that the federal government should spur reform by promoting alternatives to traditional college diplomas that allow individuals to more effectively demonstrate educational mastery to prospective employers. More...
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