Portable, stackable credentials: A new education model for industry-specific career pathways
JT Austin, GO Mellow, M Rosin… - Columbus, Oh.: McGraw …, 2012 - voced.edu.au
In this paper, the authors suggest that students in the US are emerging from secondary and
post-secondary educational institutions without the knowledge, skills, or credentials
necessary to meet the challenges of the 21st century's increasingly global and technology-
based jobs market. The paper describes the nature of the challenges faced and highlights
current innovations and models-around the world and in the US-that suggest how a new
system of well-designed career pathways could address more effectively the demand-side …
post-secondary educational institutions without the knowledge, skills, or credentials
necessary to meet the challenges of the 21st century's increasingly global and technology-
based jobs market. The paper describes the nature of the challenges faced and highlights
current innovations and models-around the world and in the US-that suggest how a new
system of well-designed career pathways could address more effectively the demand-side …