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Consider advantages, challenges of competency‐based transcripts
Author(s) -
Sutton Halley
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
the successful registrar
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1943-7560
pISSN - 1534-7710
DOI - 10.1002/tsr.30185
Subject(s) - session (web analytics) , phoenix , medical education , work (physics) , institution , management , psychology , library science , political science , computer science , medicine , engineering , law , world wide web , mechanical engineering , metropolitan area , pathology , economics
PHOENIX — Many employers don't see a direct connection between credit hours and job skills. Various solutions have been proposed to translate the experience of a student enrolled in a four‐year institution to tangible knowledge for the work force. During a session at the annual American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers conference, Kelly Brooks, university registrar at Capella University; Joellen Evernham Shendy, associate vice provost and registrar at the University of Maryland, University College; and Michael Sessa, president of the Postsecondary Electronic Standards Council, discussed initiatives to develop portable credit that reflects a student's collegiate learning as it applies to their work after they graduate, as well as challenges and potential suggestions for institutions looking to move from a traditional to a competency‐based transcript.