Intro -- Credentials: Understand the problems. Identify the opportunities. Create the solutions. -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Acronyms -- PART ONE: The Promise and the Problem -- Chapter 1: The Purposes of Credentials -- Chapter 2: The Promise of Abundance -- Chapter 3: The Problems of Proliferation -- PART TWO: Degrees of Difference -- Chapter 4: The Associate Degree -- Chapter 5: The Bachelor's Degree -- Chapter 6: The Master's Degree -- Chapter 7: The Doctorate -- Chapter 8: Nondegree Credentials: Certificates -- Chapter 9: Nondegree Credentials: Certifications, Licenses, and Other Options -- Chapter 10: Apprenticeships -- PART THREE: Implications for Action -- Chapter 11: Quality and Equity in the Credentials Marketplace -- Chapter 12: Academic Leadership at a Critical Time -- REFERENCES -- ABOUT THE AUTHORS -- INDEX
