Consider advantages, challenges of competency‐based transcripts

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.