Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Higher education leaders and lawmakers are pushing for more "stackable credentials" or pathways for Colorado students to get ...

Many working adults are overwhelmed by the time and financial commitments required to get an online degree. The fear of starting and not finishing a program, only to be saddled with debt, can deter ...

Southern New Hampshire University, the largest undergraduate online university in America, will continue to provide a path to 2- and 4-year degrees for its students, but that doesn't mean it's not ...

The integration of digital badges and micro-credentials in higher education is transforming traditional academic credentialing by offering modular, accessible, and competency-based alternatives to ...

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While career and technical schools have offered short-term credential programs for more than a century, a proliferation of new digital badges, bootcamps, and other so-called micro-credentials have ...

At Rutgers Business School, innovative new programs that draw on the transformative idea of stackable credentials are being developed with an eye to the forces shaping the future of higher education.

This week’s episode of The Key, Inside Higher Ed’s news and analysis podcast, explores whether the emergence of shorter-term and alternative credentials pose a threat—or offer salvation—to traditional ...

A recent report by the RAND Corporation, a nonpartisan policy think tank, and researchers at the University of Michigan suggests that low-income students are more likely to earn stackable credentials ...

Higher education leaders and lawmakers are pushing for more "stackable credentials" or pathways for Colorado students to get education and training for a job.

Across Washington’s 34 community and technical colleges, stackable certificate programs are growing to align with the needs of both students and employers. Through these programs, students learn ...