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Advance CTE: State Leaders Connecting Learning to Work, 2019
College enrollment has increased over the past 10 years and is projected to continue growing over the next 10 for both full- and part-time students. At the same time, institutions face low retention and graduation rates. One policy that shows promise in increasing completion rates, especially for adult learners and those who served in the…
Descriptors: College Credits, Prior Learning, College Students, Educational Policy
Lundy-Wagner, Valerie – Jobs For the Future, 2016
Recently, the State of California committed nearly one billion dollars to the development of career and technical education (CTE) pathways that lead to locally relevant, high-growth, high-demand careers. This investment represents a pivot from relatively disjointed approaches to CTE in high schools and community colleges, and reflects an…
Descriptors: Career Education, Technical Education, Career Development, Alignment (Education)
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Giani, Matthew; Fox, Heather Lee – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2017
Career pathways, comprised of stackable credentials and a coherently aligned sequence of programmes of study, are being hailed as an effective means for promoting postsecondary attainment and upward mobility, particularly for low-income and low-skilled adult workers. However, concerns have been raised regarding whether this strategy accomplishes…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Allied Health Occupations Education, Consortia, Credentials
Maryland Higher Education Commission, 2016
The Task Force to Study the Impact of Expanding Credit and Noncredit Courses for Students with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities was formed in July 2013. Chapter 392, Acts of 2013, (House Bill 813) established the Task Force to Study the Impact of Expanding Credit and Noncredit Courses for Students with Intellectual and Developmental…
Descriptors: Noncredit Courses, College Credits, State Boards of Education, Intellectual Disability
Child Development Associate Consortium, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1976
This document describes, in question and answer format, the Credential Award System through which the Child Development Associate (CDA) Consortium regulates assessment of child care personnel who apply for the CDA credential. A private, non-profit organization of national professional associations, the CDA Consortium was founded in 1972 with the…
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Child Development Centers, Competency Based Teacher Education, Consortia