{"id":110,"date":"2025-06-09T08:46:50","date_gmt":"2025-06-09T13:46:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/academicaffairs\/?page_id=110"},"modified":"2026-04-06T13:37:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T18:37:12","slug":"microcredentials","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/academicaffairs\/resources\/microcredentials\/","title":{"rendered":"Microcredentials"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"uwm-l-row\">\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col\">\n<p>In June 2021, the Microcredentials Work Group (MWG) was charged by then-Provost Britz to explore the development of a coordinated, comprehensive system of for-credit microcredentialing at 51ÁÔÆæ. This has included an assessment of potential benefits, national precedents, and policy implications. The MWG produced a report with recommendations for campus adoption of microcredentials, and a draft of a comprehensive campus policy, which was approved by the Faculty Senate in April 2022. 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