Solving the enrollment crisis is a complicated and daunting task with no quick fix, but the confluence of two significant economic developments offers a good place to start: High school graduates, many of whom watched their parents carry burdensome student loans deep into adulthood, are questioning the value of a costly four-year degree. Employers, faced with a shortage of qualified job candidates, are more willing to take on new workers who lack an advanced degree and instead have job-specific skills that can be honed through on-the-job training. That’s led to an explosion of interest in certificate programs — bite-sized educational pathways that give students proof of competency in the form of microcredentials.
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