On-Ramps and Off-Ramps: Alternative Credentials and Emerging Pathways Between Education and Work

Posted by Inside Higher Ed on November 13, 2018

Can colleges and non-accredited education providers, backed by data and in partnership with employers, create viable forms of alternative credentials to help more Americans get a first job, promotion or make a career change?

Inside Higher Ed’s new special report, On-Ramps and Off-Ramps: Alternative Credentials and Emerging Pathways Between Education and Work, seeks to answer this central question.

Purchase the report for a nuanced analysis of topics including:

• Chronology of alternative credentials and pathways beginning with non-college options for high school graduates and stretching to traditional graduate degrees
• Discussion of emerging policy ideas and related moves by the Trump administration to deregulate and change accreditation
• How competency-based education is becoming the underlying structure for the creation of alternative credentials
• Ways employers and higher ed institutions are using data to design credentials that have labor market value

Paul Fain, news editor at Inside Higher Ed, writes about low-income students, college completion and emerging models of higher education.

Inside Higher Ed’s Special Reports provide a deep dive into a key facet of higher education and are available in addition to Inside Higher Ed’s regular news and editorial offerings.

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https://www.insidehighered.com/content/alternative-credentials-and-emerging-pathways-between-education-and-work