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Microcredentials and Your Advising Conversations
A new data point you already have access to
This is the fourth post in our series on the new LER briefs. Catch the intro post here if you missed it. Here's a scenario that's becoming more common: an advisee mentions they earned a...
Posted: August 5, 2026, 8:35 AM
Your Skills, Verified.
What's inside a badge and what it's worth on your resume
This is the third post in our series on the new LER briefs. Catch the intro post here if you missed it. If you've earned a UMBC microcredential, do you know what's actually in it? Not the...
Posted: July 29, 2026, 8:35 AM
Your Teaching Already Does This. Let's Make It Count.
What faculty said after a bootcamp on microcredential design
This is the second post in our series on the new LER briefs. Catch the intro post here if you missed it. In January, six faculty members spent two days in UMBC's first Microcredential Mapping...
Posted: July 22, 2026, 8:35 AM
A New Series: Understanding Microcredentials — From Wherever You Sit
Why one explainer was never going to be enough
If you've bumped into the word "microcredential" on campus this year, in a course, an advising conversation, a hallway conversation, a Shriver Center flyer, you've probably noticed it means...
Posted: July 15, 2026, 8:35 AM
