Programming
The Evolving Transactional Nature of Credentialing: The Future of Alternative Credentials
Jonathan Finkelstein | Founder and Chief Executive Officer, CredlyAs the distinction between learning at colleges, universities and workplaces continues to erode, credentials are supplanting the traditional role of the degree in terms of skills verification. Unlike the degree,…
The Importance of Collaboration in Competency-Based Education Programs
Brooks Doherty | Assistant Vice President of Academic Innovation, Rasmussen CollegeCall it self-paced. Call it time-fluid. The essential characteristic of competency-based education, or CBE, is that learning and its demonstration are prioritized over time spent learning. Whether the CBE program…
The Evolving Transactional Nature of Credentialing: Alternative Credentials Today
Jonathan Finkelstein | Founder and Chief Executive Officer, CredlyAs the distinction between learning at colleges, universities and workplaces continues to erode, credentials are supplanting the traditional role of the degree in terms of skills verification. Unlike the degree,…
Designing a Mechanism to Assess CBE Quality
Charla Long | Executive Director, Competency-Based Education NetworkThough it’s not a new concept, there has been significant growth in recent years in the number of competency-based education (CBE) programs offered at colleges and universities across the United…
How Digital Credentialing is Driving the Shift Towards a Learning Economy
Louis Soares | Vice President of Strategy, Research and Advancement, American Council on EducationDigital credentials are at the forefront of broader technological innovation in the academic sector and signal the possibility of broader cooperation between higher education and the labor market—but, as Louis…
Doubling Completions and Driving Enrollments: Ambitious Goals But Critical and Attainable
Sue Ellspermann | President, Ivy Tech Community CollegeServing nearly 160,000 students every year across 45 campus and site locations, Ivy Tech Community College is the largest public postsecondary institution in the state of Indiana–but, having set the…
The Edges of Pedagogy: Defining (and Promoting) Actual Safe Spaces for Student Engagement
Randall Stauffer | Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs, Woodbury UniversityHigher education has traditionally been a top-down endeavor, which, at least superficially, seemed to work reasonably well. After all, students are typically in receive mode as professors share their expertise…
Clearer Distinctions Between Traditional Programs and Microcredentials Will Improve Outcomes for Both
Scott Greenberg | Associate Vice President of Academic Affairs, Framingham State UniversityIn an age of instant communication, immediate gratification, accelerated learning, industry partnerships, and a predilection for awards, higher education and its academic partners have turned to the delivery of micro-programs…