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Microcredentials confuse employers, colleges and learners

Confessions of a Community College Dean

” Nonetheless, demand in the large, growing microcredential market is strong, but learners also struggle to make sense of offerings. Abundant nomenclature aside, all parties appear eager to work together to deliver or pursue quality, verifiable, bite-size, low-priced, nondegree online offerings targeted to specific industries.

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3 Enrollment Boosting Strategies for Accredited Institutions: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 178 with Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Dr. David R. Decker

The Change Leader, Inc.

24 October · Episode 178 3 Enrollment Boosting Strategies for Accredited Institutions 31 Min · By Dr. Drumm McNaughton Leverage your institutions accreditation with these enrollment boosting strategies: explore 4 Ps of marketing, partnerships, controlling costs and more. This approach ensures a market-driven pricing strategy.

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Why supply chain insights are key for liberal arts programs

University Business

Besides, the humanities cloak an intensely practical side beyond the analytical and communication skills they grow: Shakespeare teaches us statecraft, after all. But youthful trends can turn into multibillion-dollar markets. Such information can inform a college or university’s curriculum choices, hiring, and, yes, marketing strategy.

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Investment in human capital a ‘no regrets’ policy

HECG

Three types of skills, it says, are increasingly important in today’s labour markets: Advanced cognitive skills such as complex problem-solving. It also observes a shift in employment from manufacturing to services. Socio-behavioural skills such as teamwork, and.

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Workplace Learning: A Follow-up

eLiterate

” There are also nuances by industry and even department. L&D for manufacturing line workers is very different than L&D for pharmaceutical chemists. ” These sorts of algorithms are in use at scale today in the textbook industry. I don’t mean to slam the platforms in the market now.

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AI-ROBOT CAPITALISTS WILL DESTROY THE HUMAN ECONOMY (Randall Collins*)

Higher Education Inquirer

It will ride out competitors and market downturns by having deeper pockets. But the result is the same: domination of world markets by an oligopoly of AI-robot capitalists will have the same effect in destroying the economy, as it would if a monopoly squeezed out all competitors. What about government regulation?

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A Research-Based Look at Stackable Credentials

Parchment

Or if you have an industry certification that’s integrated into an educational degree program, that can be an example of a stackable credential. So first, we’ve had these two siloed systems where we have kind of occupational credentials, industry certifications and licenses that are over here on one side.