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Verifiable credentials (VCs) are digital credentials which follow the relevant World Wide Web Consortium open standards. They can represent information found in physical credentials, such as a passport or license, as well as new things that have no physical equivalent, such as ownership of a bank account.
Within American higher education, regional bodies were considered more prestigious. (The regional bodies were older, and included the most well established institutions.) [ 5 ] In February 2020, the Department of Education eliminated the distinction between regional and national accrediting agencies, creating one unified set of institutional ...
Access to higher education has characterized by some as a rite of passage and the key to the American Dream. Higher education presents a wide range of issues for government officials, educational staff, and students. Financial difficulties in continuing and expanding access as well as affirmative action programs have been the subject of growing ...
The immensity of the CTE funding gap is indicative of the magnitude of the challenge ahead: America’s college-for-all fixation can’t be stopped by fiddling with the current system.
Higher Education extends beyond the United States. Within North America, Canada has agencies such as EQual Accreditation, overseen by Accreditation Canada, [7] that ensures programs meet national benchmarks for educational excellence and quality standards for health education programs. [8]
Higher education accreditation is a type of quality assurance and educational accreditation process under which services and operations of tertiary educational institutions or programs are evaluated to determine if applicable standards are met. If standards are met, accredited status is granted by the agency.
Higher education has also served as a source for professional credentials, as a vehicle for social mobility, and as a social sorter. [84] [85] The college functions as a 'status marker', "signaling membership in the educated class, and a place to meet spouses of similar status."
The Case Against Education: Why the Education System Is a Waste of Time and Money. Princeton University Press. Randall Collins, "Functional and Conflict Theories of Educational Stratification", American Sociological Review, Vol. 36, No. 6. (Dec., 1971), pp. 1002-1019 (for the earliest discussion of how credential inflation operates, see 1015 ...