Connected Credentials and Competencies: Bridging the Education-to-Employment Gap

Friday, October 28, 2016 | 9:10AM–10:00AM | Meeting Room 211A/B, Level Two
Session Type: Breakout Session
Delivery Format: Facilitated Content (e.g., EDUCAUSE Connect) session
New publications from ACE analyze the gap between how students can communicate their competencies and what employers need, addressing how employers receive evidence of learning (e.g., extended transcripts, and how educational institutions can improve their competency and credentialing practices and infrastructure to bridge the gap).


Outcomes: Understand the quality dimensions of connected credentials and competencies *Analyze competency and credentialing practices at your institution, including supporting technologies *Understand why students need improved infrastructure for communicating their competencies to employers

Presenters

  • Marie Cini

    Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, University of Maryland Global Campus

  • Deb Everhart

    Researcher, Georgetown University