Hi, colleagues,
This month marks two years since my organization piloted our certification program. Our prior market analysis results supported the creation of the program and we saw a great deal of participation in year one. While interest remains high, we experienced a participation decrease from year one to two. I've read comments on previous discussion threads that it generally takes new awhile for new certification programs, once launched, to really get up and running and see more participation. Our industry is familiar with certificates though certification itself is quite new. I'm curious if there are any concrete, comparative data available--or if folks are willing to share their experiences--about how long it generally takes new certification program participation to "ramp up."
Thanks for any insights!
Joey
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Joseph DeSanto Jones
Executive Director
Higher Education Consortium for Student Affairs Certification
Washington DC
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