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How Well Do Soft-skill Badges Work for Job Seekers? New Study Aims to Find Out.

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That’s the kind of deeply human attribute employers say they’re looking for in job candidates as companies try to adapt to modern changes in technology and business strategy. Companies want skilled employees, and talented students want jobs. What Do Employers Want? Seems simple enough.

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More Employers Are Awarding Credentials. Is A Parallel Higher Education System Emerging?

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A growing number of companies have moved beyond training their own employees or providing tuition assistance programs to send staff members to higher education. It’s not hard to find prominent examples: • Google recently announced an expansion of the company’s popular Google Career Certificates portfolio.

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Parchment Merges with Credentials Solutions to Take On Transcripts and Certifications

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The world of credentials and school transcript providers has gotten smaller after the merger of two companies that facilitate more than 18.5 On Tuesday, the Los Angeles-based private equity firm completed its purchase of Parchment , which becomes the new name of the combined companies. million academic records exchanges a year.

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Predictions for 2021: An Acceleration of 2020?

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That’s what lies ahead, at least in the realms of education and employment, according to three college presidents and executives at large companies. In response to layoffs and demand spikes, companies across every industry made updates to their technology and processes. Here’s how it breaks down: 1.

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It’s Time to Digitally Transform Community College

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While high-resolution data for community colleges isn’t available, we can see evidence for this in proxies such as Google search trends , consumers’ growing openness and intention to study online , booming MOOC enrollment , and publicly-traded online learning company enrollment results.

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Online PD Courses Help Educators Understand Ed-Tech, Classroom Management, Study Finds

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The three biggest reasons pre-K-12 educators took online professional development courses in the past year were to learn how to use digital devices, how to use the educational software that goes on them, or to find out more about classroom behavior or management, according to a new study. Company/vendor: 29 percent.

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BloomBoard Appoints New CEO, Restructures Focus Around Micro-Credentials

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In some cases, results are simply nonexistent—or a “mirage” according to the TNTP study, which “found no evidence that any particular kind or amount of professional development consistently helps teachers improve.” These digital badges aim to signal that teachers can perform or demonstrate the skill for which they were awarded.