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A new case study by Collin Sullivan and Felipe Filomeno examines how UMBC has integrated microcredentials across academic, co-curricular, and community-engaged learning experiences. From Campus...

This is the seventh and final post in our series on the new LER briefs. Over the past several weeks, we've looked at UMBC's microcredential work through five different lenses — faculty,...

The Microcredential Review Board (MRB) will hold five review cycles in Fall 2026. If you are developing a new microcredential proposal or preparing one for review, please plan around the...

This is the sixth post in our series on the new LER briefs. Catch the intro post here if you missed it. Over the last several posts, we've looked at microcredentials from the vantage point of...

This is the fifth post in our series on the new LER briefs. Catch the intro post here if you missed it. Every resume you read makes claims: "data analysis," "project management," "cross-cultural...

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...

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...

During Winter 2026, we held a Microcredential Mapping bootcamp for faculty and the Designing Learning & Microcredentials Beyond the Classroom series for staff. We received strong interest in...

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...

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...