Stackable credentials—expandable qualifications, often parts of educational sequences—have become a critical pathway for learners to advance their careers, gain higher pay, and display competency in a shorter timeframe than full degree programs allow. These credentials—also known as micro-credentials, certificates, digital badges, and nanodegrees—are valuable signals for employers, especially since the COVID pandemic. When asked in […]

Across the nation, institutions will take proactive measures such as double-testing, to keep case counts low.

Declines during the pandemic affected education pathways to and from the U.S., but these states and institutions fared best.