Build credentials that respond to four trends: competency- and market-oriented programs, lifelong learning structures, unbundled degrees, and quality assurance¶

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Description¶

The paper sets out an agenda for community colleges seeking a central role in the new credentialing market: they "must build credentials that respond to four growing trends and imperatives". These are building competency and market-oriented programs, structuring credentials to facilitate lifelong learning, unbundling learning in traditional degrees, and recognizing the need for quality assurance. The paper presents this as a design and policy agenda rather than a tested intervention.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Credentials must respond to the four stated trends and imperatives to play a central role in the new credentialing market

Constraints¶

Target Learners¶

• community college students
• adult learners seeking workforce credentials

Target Learning Goals¶

• job market competencies
• lifelong learning
• workforce development

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Key Sources¶

• Sean Gallagher, Nan L. Maxwell. (2019). Community Colleges and the New Era of Work and Learning. Working Paper 66. Oakland, CA: Mathematica Policy Research. https://www.mathematica.org/publications/community-colleges-and-the-new-era-of-work-and-learning