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  1. Feb 2022
    1. “Public research universities are committed to improving the workforce outcomes of their students and to addressing the workforce needs of local economies. This approach can ensure students that their credentials will have value to the labor market, and it can ensure employers that graduates have the skills required to perform in the workplace.”

      For some, this is reasonable and rationale. It's the point of the whole enterprise. Yet for others, this take is controversial, as it may threaten the ideals and/or visions of the purpose of Public Education. These stakeholders may ask, "Is it the job of public education to serve industry's needs by preparing proper cogs for the workforce wheels?" At the same time, others may wonder, "Is public education willfully performing a disservice to our students if our credentials are not valued by employers?"

      These are important questions to ask, and to answer.

  2. Jul 2016
    1. to increase attainment of high-quality credentials through expanded use of the DQP and Tuning to build a learning-based credentials system.

      What role might h play in such an ecosystem?

      • facilitate communication between disparate teachers and students
      • allow teacher to monitor student independent work
    1. Instructional processes must begin and end with students ― with “learners and what they learn.” This idea—of shifting the focus away from an institution-centric construct and toward understanding and meeting the needs of students—is absolutely central.

      Very much aligns with the NGDLE movement at EDUCAUSE.

    2. Instructional Processes

      Focus on pedagogy