It's clear what higher ed needs to do to help students succeed: prepare them with a mix of broad abilities, specific skills and real experience.
have the same levels of confidence in how well college grads are prepared for work. When employers are asked what they want to see most in college grads, the top things they cite are work-related experiences and industry-relevant skills. And the strongest predictor of alumni saying their education was worth the cost and high quality is the degree to which they feel their education isto their current work.
Cooperative education is not new. Yet, the universities that have been doing it for decades now are suddenly among the hottest brands in North America – Northeastern University, Drexel University and University of Waterloo, for example. The specific idea of credegrees is indeed a new one, but there has been long-established workplace demand among the top employers for individuals with both degrees and industry-relevant skills .
So how would this work? As students chose majors they will now also select an industry-credential to add to their educational mix in college. We already have double majors, minors, etc. Why not a major and a credential? Such offerings will inevitably mean new kinds of ecosystem partnerships between universities, employers, industry associations and other educational providers.
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