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Record Nr.

UNINA9910795796503321

Autore

Gaston Paul L.

Titolo

Credentials : understand the problems. Identify the opportunities. Create the solutions / / Paul L. Gaston and Michelle Van Noy ; foreword by Peter Ewell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Sterling, Virginia : , : Stylus, , 2022

©2022

ISBN

1-00-344386-9

1-003-44386-9

1-62036-944-3

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (278 pages)

Disciplina

378.20973

Soggetti

Degrees, Academic - United States

Universities and colleges - Accreditation - United States

Competency-based education - United States

Vocational education - United States

College graduates - Employment - United States.6

Education, Higher - Aims and objectives - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Foreword / Peter Ewell -- The purposes of credentials : how they work -- The promise of abundance : an opportune environment -- The problems of proliferation : a risky environment -- The associate degree -- The bachelor's degree -- The master's degree -- The doctorate -- Nondegree credentials : certificates -- Nondegree credentials : certifications, licenses, and other options -- Apprenticeships : a special case -- Quality and equity in the credentials marketplace -- Academic leadership at a critical time.

Sommario/riassunto

"The credentials environment grows more complicated by the day, but this book answers key questions which help us understand why we must grapple with those complexities. The authors offer a broad view of the credentials environment, focus on categories of credentials, from the associate degree to doctoral degrees to non-degree credentials,



and consider the implications for higher education leadership in volatile times"--