Promising Practices for Building Stackable Credential Infrastructure
Abstract
Growing demand for postsecondary education and continuous reskilling has increased interest in stackable credentials, in which each short-term credential builds toward a higher-level credential. Drawing from a mixed-methods evidence base of prior research, this paper presents practices that postsecondary institutions and states can use to design and implement stackable credentials, with case studies illustrating each practice.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Education Systems and Policy
Higher Education Learning Practices
Higher Education Research Studies
Publication details
- Journal / source
- RAND Corporation eBooks
- Publication date
- 1 January 2026
- Language
- EN
- Document type
- Book