Closing the Credit-Noncredit Divide: Bridging the Gap in Postsecondary Education to Expand Opportunity for Low-Wage Working Adults

Autor/inn/en	Buckwalter, Veronica; Maag, Taylor
Institution	Jobs for the Future
Titel	Closing the Credit-Noncredit Divide: Bridging the Gap in Postsecondary Education to Expand Opportunity for Low-Wage Working Adults
Quelle	(2019), (29 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Postsecondary Education; Adults; College Credits; Noncredit Courses; Community Colleges; Educational Policy; Labor Force Development; Educational Quality; Articulation (Education); Credentials; Educational Attainment; Job Training; Adult Vocational Education; Academic Degrees; Certification; Data Collection; Nontraditional Students; Accreditation (Institutions); Transitional Programs; Transfer Programs; Student Financial Aid; Education Work Relationship; Low Income Students; Virginia; North Carolina; California (Long Beach); Connecticut; Massachusetts; New Jersey; New York + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Post-secondary education; Tertiäre Bildung; College; Colleges; Achievement; Performance; Anrechnung; Hochschule; Fachhochschule; Leistung; Community college; Community College; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Arbeitskräftebestand; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Articulation; Artikulation (Ling); Artikulation; Aussprache; Studienbuch; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Berufsqualifizierender Bildungsgang; Degree; Degrees; Academic level graduation; Akademischer Grad; Hochschulabschluss; Abschlusszeugnis; Zertifizierung; Data capture; Datensammlung; Accreditation; Institution; Institutions; Akkreditierung; Staatliche Anerkennung; Institut; Finanzielle Beihilfe; Studienfinanzierung; Studienförderung; Master-Studiengang
Abstract	This report examines the structural divide between for-credit and noncredit postsecondary education and the problems it presents for people seeking better jobs with higher pay. It highlights innovative ways that some community colleges are trying to bridge the gap nationally--creating more seamless pathways between credit and noncredit coursework--and provides policy considerations to encourage more colleges and statewide systems to adopt these models. Jobseekers and workers pursuing postsecondary education and training should be provided with transparent, efficient pathways to credential attainment to minimize time spent in the classroom. Federal and state policy can encourage the kinds of systemic reforms that are necessary for creating more flexible pathways to credential attainment, allowing learners to enroll in programs designed for real-time job preparation and apply learning toward for-credit credentials down the road. However, institutions must be willing to change their focus to the needs of students rather than the status quo. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01