Many community College students take a nontraditional path to higher education, which means career services staff need to ensure an individualized approach to supporting each student.
Cayuga Community College’s career services office launched its microcredentialing program in 2018. Since then, it has been building microcredentials in the non-credit and credit side of the institution, including developing its microcredential program and updating it to an online learning platform.
Many emerging professionals are turning to community colleges, vocational schools, and technical bootcamps to gain marketable skills.
The guarded optimism of early June has faded into the reality that the COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on college enrollments for the fall.