Education

This new organization wants to accredit career education

From Higher Ed Dive: “A new nonprofit organization, the Workforce Talent Educators Association, is attempting to use the accreditation model to push for strong career education programs and degrees — and to serve as a stamp of quality for them. … the new organization … is nonetheless trying to align educators and employers so they can match the skills students learn to the needs of evolving job markets. Its founding members include Texas State Technical College, California-based teacher-focused Reach University, private student loan provider Ascent Funding, and coding boot camps Nucamp and Fullstack Academy. WTEA plans to start assessments in the upcoming academic year.”

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