Online Learning Update

October 22, 2018

Credentialing Evolves as Demand Grows for Middle-Skills Jobs

Filed under: Online Learning News — Ray Schroeder @ 12:10 am

By Paul Fain, Inside Higher Ed
The bachelor’s degree remains by far the best ticket to a well-paying job, according to new research from the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, which defines “good jobs” as ones that pay at least $35,000 — and an average of $56,000 for workers with less than a bachelor’s degree. But the report found that all of the growth of new good jobs in the non-bachelor’s-degree economy has been in so-called middle-skills jobs, especially those that require an associate degree. And workers are earning a growing array of credentials to help meet that demand.

https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2018/10/17/credentialing-evolves-demand-grows-middle-skills-jobs

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