The review reports, citing Meyer et al., that stacking micro-credentials increases employment by four percent and quarterly wages by seven percent¶
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q2 i? Meyer et al. found that combining micro-credentials that build on one another increases employment by four percent and quarterly wages by seven percent, with larger increases for people whose first credential was a short-term certificate. → Tinsley 2022
Evidence¶
Tinsley 2022¶
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
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Second-hand finding: the landscape report attributes this stacking result to Meyer et al. in its background section on micro-credentials for social mobility. The report does not print the underlying study's design, sample, or effect sizes beyond these percentages.
"They found that this practice increases employment by four percent and quarterly wages by seven percent. However, they noticed larger increases for people obtaining short-term certificates as their first credential."
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The review reports, citing Meyer et al., that stacking micro-credentials increases employment by four percent and quarterly wages by seven percent |
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The review reports, citing Meyer et al., that stacking micro-credentials increases employment by four percent and quarterly wages by seven percent |
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