"Small Bites" and Well-Balanced Meals

Autor/in	Gaston, Paul L.
Titel	"Small Bites" and Well-Balanced Meals
Quelle	In: Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 53 (2021) 4, S.44-50 (7 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0009-1383
DOI	10.1080/00091383.2021.1930983
Schlagwörter	Credentials; Risk; Academic Advising; Decision Making; Academic Education; Vocational Education; Postsecondary Education; Career Planning; Job Skills; Career Counseling; Higher Education; Community Colleges; Career Guidance; Strategic Planning + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Studienbuch; Risiko; Akademischer Rat; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Akademische Bildung; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung; Post-secondary education; Tertiäre Bildung; Karriereplanung; Produktive Fertigkeit; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Community college; Community College; Berufsorientierung; Strategy; Planning; Strategie; Planung
Abstract	An increasing preference for nondegree credentials evident prior to the pandemic has become even more apparent. Nondegree credentials can and sometimes should be part of a postsecondary education, but the inchoate credentials environment encourages poor planning and unwise decisions. The competitive advantages that a balanced education can offer can be achieved (and may be achieved more fully) through a trajectory that includes "small bites." Enabling students to realize the opportunities while avoiding the risks of credentials will require expanded and more widely accessible advising leading to clear pathways that integrate nondegree credentials within purposeful pathways. All students, from liberal arts majors to those seeking to become licensed plumbers and electricians, deserve a "full meal," one offering both real-life preparation for remunerative careers and education for satisfying lives. But in order to make this possible in the postpandemic era, students must be enabled to understand how "small bites" can contribute to a balanced diet and make it possible for them to obtain just such a meal. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01