Advance your education on your terms with more than 30 online graduate programs at Brandeis Online. Explore online master's degrees, certificates, microcredentials and individual courses designed for ...

The demand for professionals with soft skills, such as effective communication, critical thinking and time management, is high in today's job market. "Soft skills are the personal and social skills ...

As private firms and governments struggle to fill jobs – and with the cost of college too high for many students – employers and elected officials are searching for alternative ways for people to get ...

Microcredentials are often touted as a way for students and working adults to learn skills and move into new industries without the same time and money commitment required to pursue a college degree.

Employer demand for microcredentials is on the rise, according to a new study from Collegis Education and UPCEA, the association for college and university leaders in online and professional ...

Nearly all higher education leaders (97 percent) offering microcredentials believe the credentials improve students’ long-term employment prospects, according to a survey from Coursera.

Microcredentials—quality, verifiable, bite-size, low-priced, nondegree online offerings targeted to specific industries—have boomed in recent years in response to demand from employers and would-be ...

How do you spot a hot trend in higher education? Hint: Headlines in industry outlets simultaneously insist that everyone wants it, no one is sure what it is, and nobody knows if it’s any good. Welcome ...

A recent survey of students who stopped out of college suggests that giving them the opportunity to earn microcredentials and academic credit for prior learning could lure them back to higher ed. The ...

Online microcredentials at Brandeis Online are abbreviated, skill-specific microcredentials that demonstrate expertise in a particular area. They're also competency-based, which means a digital badge ...

As private firms and governments struggle to fill jobs—and with the cost of college too high for many students—employers and elected officials are searching for alternative ways for people to get good ...

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