Fast-Tracking Learning: Micro-Credentials Provide a Rapid Pathway to Career Success

Autor/in	Pierce, Dennis
Titel	Fast-Tracking Learning: Micro-Credentials Provide a Rapid Pathway to Career Success
Quelle	In: Community College Journal, 93 (2023) 3, S.10-15 (5 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1067-1803
Schlagwörter	Community Colleges; Microcredentials; Career Development; Partnerships in Education; 21st Century Skills; College Credits; Arizona; New York; Maryland + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Community college; Community College; Berufsentwicklung; Hochschulpartnerschaft; College; Colleges; Achievement; Performance; Anrechnung; Hochschule; Fachhochschule; Leistung
Abstract	Micro-credentials are short, highly focused programs designed to provide in-demand skills that help students quickly advance their career, often in just a single semester. They have emerged as a way for students-many of whom are adult learners looking to change jobs-to acquire and demonstrate a core set of skills that can jumpstart their entry into a new career. Both students and employers can benefit from this highly accelerated credentialing process, which is helping workers overcome the loss of jobs during the pandemic and pivot rapidly into new careers amid the Great Resignation. Yet, there are many challenges involved in creating effective micro-credentialing programs. For instance: (1) How can community colleges retool their existing processes to award fast career credentials without disrupting traditional degree and certification programs? and (2) How can they ensure that micro-credentials will have value for both students and employers? Pima Community College in Arizona rolled out its first "Fast Track" programs to prepare students for a career as an automotive service technician, automated industrial technician, carpenter, electrician, plumber, HVAC technician, computer user support specialist or emergency medical technician. in October 2021. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	American Association of Community Colleges. One Dupont Circle NW Suite 410, Washington, DC 20036. Tel: 202-728-0200; Fax: 202-833-2467; Web site: https://www.aacc.nche.edu/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01