18. Navigating the ‘Wild West’ of Alternative Credentials

With hundreds of thousands of alternative credentials on the market, but little data on how effective they are, how can students know which ones are worth their time? Sean Gallagher, the Director of the Center for the Future of Higher Education and Talent Strategy at Northeastern University, has spent years trying to answer that question. And while he thinks alternative credentials could be the key to lifelong learning, he also says we need to be thinking more deeply about what’s working in the space – and what’s not. 

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