The Kept-Up Academic Librarian: Certificates Are Fastest Growing College Credential

July 11, 2012

Certificates Are Fastest Growing College Credential

The number of people earning college certificates has dramatically increased as students seek the quickest connection to a job. Certificates are the fastest-growing college credential, with more than 1 million awarded nationally in 2010, according to a recent study from the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce. Certificates equip students with the skills they need for a job often in less than a year, and they sometimes increase a person's earnings potential past that of a bachelor's degree holder. "There has been an explosion in certificates," said Sean Creighton, executive director of the Southwestern Ohio Council for Higher Education. Read more at:
http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20120709/SCHOOLS/207090313#ixzz20DxLROxV

Jul 11, 2012 1:56:00 AM | Community Colleges, curriculum

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