Higher Education
A video highlighting how a Texas college system empowers students to build both technical and durable skills outside traditional majors, using industry credentials and micro-internships
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Kelvin Bentley:
I would say within the University of Texas system. I mean, what we’re trying to do is bridge that gap by finding ways to integrate access to technical skills so that there’s not this veil between traditional higher ed majors and CTE courses and pathways. So we’re trying to find a way to help, let’s say a psych major who wants to acquire cybersecurity skills or data analytics skills or UI UX skills by completing industry credentials. And for us, those credentials are available on the Coursera platform. And so our hope is that we can basically transcend this traditional notion of majors and minors to really put the learner more at the center of his, her or their learning so that yes, they could pick a major or minor, but then they can also add into IT access to learning experiences like a MICROCREDENTIAL or a micro internship such that that will hopefully help them be what we like to call more broadly educated, specifically skilled. But we need to provide that flexibility so that learners realize that they have the power to kind of shape their learning in ways that will make them stand out in the world of work without subscribing to a CTE program or a traditional academic program, if that makes sense.
