This video accompanies the newly released Quick Hit brief, “Rethinking Credentialing.”
The paper and video are the latest in a series of Quick Hit briefs on current and emerging topics in higher education attainment and innovation.
The Quick Hit series is funded by Lumina Foundation. The views expressed are those of the author(s) and not necessarily those of ACE.
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