Micro-Credentials Advisory Committee
Areas of Committee Concern
The Micro-Credentials Advisory Committee is concerned with supporting and evaluating non-credit bearing micro-credentials awarded to undergraduate and graduate students using the name of Elon University. Micro-credentials include but are not limited to badges, certificates, and other non-credit bearing designations of learning.
Membership
- Associate Provost for Academic Affairs
- University Registrar
- An additional administrator designated by the Provost
- Three faculty member with experience or interest in micro-credentialing, appointed for two-year terms
- One staff member with experience or interest in micro-credentialing, appointed for a two-year term
Policies and Procedures
The committee meets as needed in the fall and spring semesters. A Chair will be elected annually among the members.
Responsibilities
- To make recommendations regarding policies and programs to advance micro-credentialing and enhance their quality across the campus
- To set standards for micro-credentials
- To develop and maintain a process to approve micro-credential proposals for designation
- To receive, review and make decisions on proposals for micro-credentials offered across campus
- To participate in strategic planning as it pertains to micro-credentials
- To respond to Registrar requests for advice regarding a system to record micro-credentials awarded by the university or units of the university
- To report any micro-credentials with impact to the curriculum to the Chair of the University Curriculum Committee and to seek input from the University Curriculum Committee as needed
- To promote faculty and staff development opportunities regarding best practices regarding micro-credentials and undergraduate or graduate education