Ghana: Educational Credentialing In A Pandemic Era - umr dental provider portal AllAfrica.com™
COVID-19, a twenty-first century global pandemic, has spread to almost every country in the world. The pandemic has resulted in unprecedented upheaval across all sectors of society and has affected business, with higher education especially impacted.Information continue to unfold about the shortand long-term impact of the virus, its transmission, prevalence, mortality and overall impact.
While many university leaders are currently planning for a return to normalcy, the fact of the matter is that the university as we know it is not going to be the same again. The time has come for academic leaders who want to survive this pandemic to rethink the way they offer programs and courses to their constituents.
Traditionally, universities have provided their students with a bundled package, all in one place. However, experts predict that the unprecedented societal turbulence brought about by the pandemic has created an urgent need for alternative pathways to acquiring education. This has led to more emphasis being placed on alternative credentialing. This requires breaking down the existing menu of college majors and reformulating and repackaging their underlying ingredients into relevant short-term and lifelong-learning programs tailored to specific student needs.
In today's fast-changing world, not every learner has the time -- or resources -- to earn a traditional, credit-based
