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The shifting labor market has fueled a huge spike in undergraduate certificate programs, which are vastly outpacing the growth in undergraduate enrollment in general.
From 2019 to last fall, the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center found a 28.5 percent increase in enrollment in the programs, which are seen both as a way to move into the workforce quicker without a college degree and as a resume-booster for those still working on their bachelor’s.
Schools have responded to the needs of communities, creating programs such as certificates for teachers and nurses to help address long-standing shortages or ones in emergency management amid the rise in natural disasters.
“Our population has changed and is changing so dramatically, it’s put an incredible pressure on businesses because they can’t find the skilled workers that they need to build the jobs of today and, very importantly, the jobs of tomorrow,” said Edson Barton, CEO and co-founder of YouScience, a college and career readiness platform.
“Employers are sitting there saying, ‘Hey, we’re not getting what we need,’ and so, they are putting tremendous pressure on the post-secondary institutions […] to build more programs,” Barton added.
Undergraduate certificate programs are courses that focus on teaching a particular skill, most often technical ones, that encompass a wide variety of fields from health care to cybersecurity.
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