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Speakers urge better credential stacking, transfer pathways and first-year supports to raise completion
Summary
Chris Mullen told Compact attendees that degrees are being —atomized' into microcredentials and that stackability, transfer barriers and first-year retention are key obstacles; he described pilot work on mastery-based curricula and OER indexing to support student success.
Chris Mullen of Lumina Foundation warned that advances in technology and credentialing are fragmenting traditional degree pathways and said states and institutions must ensure credentials are stackable and transferable.
"When we say college, we need more than just the degree," Mullen said, arguing that certificates and short-term training have value and must link into longer credential pathways. He said only a small share of students who start noncredit training reach credit-bearing…
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