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Micro-Credentials: Not Working as Advertised
Abstract
The explicit intention of governments in making investments in micro-credentials in Canada was to respond to a growing skills gap in the human capital market. Employers complained that they were unable to find potential employees with the skills needed. Given the challenges faced by colleges and universities and the challenges within the Canadian economy, micro-credentials looked like a potentially effective response to the need to upskill and reskill the workforce. The results have demonstrated that this linking of higher education to human capital market needs is not working and is, in fact, a fiction. This chapter explores the state of play of micro-credentials in Canada against a background of institutional precarity, shifting government policies and a larger economic picture. It suggests that not only are micro-credentials a weak response to the labour market needs, they represent system “noise” rather than a reasoned response to a social and economic challenge.
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