Micro-Credentials and Badges – On-Demand Training

Increase Enrollment, Generate Cost-Effective Learning Models and Ensure Career Readiness

More than 30 million workers who are “Skilled Through Alternative Routes” (STARs) instead of through a four-year college degree were identified as having the skills to earn 70% more in their jobs but lack a credential to prove it.* Colleges can lead the way and bridge that financial gap by offering both credit and non-credit stackable credentials, badges, or micro-pathways. Capitalizing on this opportunity by designing alternative learning models around the lives and needs of learners and local workers by creating shorter, more relevant, and visible paths to career success will help institutions meet the demands of a rapidly evolving labor market.

Create a niche in your learning community. Increase the value of your institution.

Gather your colleagues for this online training opportunity in which our expert presenters share how they transformed the micro-credential and badge initiatives at State University New York Ulster.

Discover how colleges of all sizes can develop and implement a robust micro-credential and badge program that will increase enrollment, generate cost-effective learning alternatives, and better serve local employers seeking to upskill their workforce. 

*Opportunity@Work “Reach for the STARs” publication, March 2020

Topics Covered

You will leave this online training with the exact information you need to take purposeful and confident action to:

• Understand the value proposition and “problem” that implementing micro-credential and digital badge programs can solve for your institution – apply best practices to create, change, or implement an alternative credential program, and ensure they are a valid measure of skill achievement.  
• Anticipate industry standards transforming micro-credentialing, badging and stackable credentials – get ahead of trends so you can remain competitive with your peer institutions and develop programs to meet the jobs of tomorrow.
• Develop alternative learning models through both credit and non-credit sides of your curriculum to successfully drive revenue, increase enrollment, and student retention – create a niche in your learning community and increase the value of your institution.
• Engage your campus and community partners – create a program that will increase your institution’s portfolio of credentials and badges to ensure your students are in a more competitive position to be workforce ready.
• Recognize the highly competitive global market and the key elements that make badging, micro-credentialing, and stackable credentials so valuable – provide the vital advantage that allows your students to market their skill achievement and subject matter mastery to secure internships, apprenticeships and ultimately a career.

Presenters

Dr. Mindy S. Kole is an Associate Professor of Business at State University New York Ulster in Stone Ridge, New York.
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Barbara Ann Livermore Reer currently serves as the Assistant Dean for Workforce, Career Development and Apprenticeship Initiatives at State University New York Ulster in Stone Ridge, New York.
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