Policy Lab: Building the U.S. Workforce Through Stackable Credentials
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September 28, 2023 |
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12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. ET |
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Virtual |
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More and more, community colleges and regional universities are offering short-term certificates in fields like health care, information technology, and advanced manufacturing. Students can then “stack” these credentials and use them toward longer-term advanced degrees.
For example, a student can receive a basic welding certificate with only a few months of coursework and after completing that program, can re-enroll at any time and apply that course credit toward longer-term credentials in industrial welding or even management.
In this Policy Lab, RAND's Lindsay Daugherty breaks down the evidence on the short-term stackable credential movement: Who is earning these credentials? Do they “pay off” in the long run? What are the drawbacks? Are there barriers to equity?
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