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Clare McCann was quoted in Money on alternative, skills-based education providers:

The new skills-based education providers do face some criticism. For one thing, the quality ranges dramatically, says Clare McCann, deputy director for federal higher education policy at New America, and they’re not held to the same regulations or accreditation requirements as colleges.

Nor, she adds, do they come with the same consumer protections as traditional colleges. There’s no requirement that they publish enrollment data or completion rates, for example, and no oversight of the information they do publish.

Plus, since these non-credential programs are so new, their long-term effects on careers and earnings is unclear. “That may give you short-term success without the long-term earnings gain you would have gotten through a bachelor’s degree,” McCann says.