More focus on occupational certificates.

摘要

Brian Bosworth's "Expanding Certificate Programs" {Issues, Fall 2011) shines light on an important and often neglected area of labor market preparation. According to the Survey on Income and Program Participation (SIPP), fully 18 of workers have a certificate from a business, vocational, trade, or technical postsecondary program, and a third of these people also have a two- or fouryear degree. Of the 20 of associate degree graduates with a certificate, 65 got their certificate first, 7 got it at the same time they got their degree, and 28 got their certificate after getting their associate degree.