Most rural learner participants reported micro-credentials yielded increased opportunity for skill development, job promotion, salary increase, credential attainment, and/or enrollment in additional educational programming¶

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Evidence · 1 study · qualitative r2 · q2
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Subclaims¶

q2 i? Across the four initiatives, the majority of learner participants reported micro-credentials yielded increased opportunity for skill development, job promotion, salary increase, credential attainment and/or enrollment in additional educational programming. → key-findings-1

Evidence¶

key-findings-1¶

Tinsley, B., Cacicio, S., Shah, Z., Parker, D., Younge, O. & Luke Luna C. (2022, March). Micro-credentials for social mobility in rural postsecondary communities: A landscape report. Digital Promise. https://doi.org/10.51388/20.500.12265/151

q2 · i? · qualitative · r2

Qualitative landscape study of four rural postsecondary initiatives using focus groups (administrators) and individual interviews with administrators and learners, with two-coder thematic analysis. Learner self-reports are the evidence; no effect size is printed. The article notes "the majority of learner participants in this study reported" these gains.

"the majority of learner participants in this study reported that micro-credentials yielded increased opportunity for skill development, job promotion, salary increase, credential attainment and/or enrollment in additional educational programming."

Discussion¶

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