Understanding Micro-credentials

Micro-credentials are focused learning experiences that certify document a learner’s accomplishment in a particular skill, competency, or knowledge area.  Micro-credentials:
STACK OF FILES
Are stackable qualifications smaller than a degree or certificate.
breifcase icon
Demonstrate skills in a rapidly changing workforce landscape
file with dollar sign
Engage in applied learning corresponding to workforce needs 
chart going up
Strengthen job applications according to 96% of employers*
clipboard with dollar sign
Contain metadata to confirm authenticity
handshake
85% of employers prefer candidates with at least one*

*Source:  Forbes 2025

Available Micro-Credentials

Merlin Wealth Management Financial Education

Click below to begin the series of Level I badges focused on your financial health, supported by the Merlin Wealth Management Gift for Financial Education.

  • Describes the importance of budgeting for financial literacy and details various models that can assist in attaining financial security and achieving personal financial goals.

    Click here to Launch Budgeting Basics

  • Offers insight into both internal and external factors affecting spending behavior, identifies common challenges related to spending, and outlines strategies for addressing these challenges.

    Click here to Launch Spending Habits

  • Explains the types of income, examines how third parties utilize your financial information, and highlights how this knowledge may assist with financial management.

    Click here to Launch Understanding Income

  • The completion of all three of the above: Budgeting Basics, Spending Habits, and Understanding Income results in earning the Practical Certificate in Financial Literacy Fundamentals. This credential will be automatically awarded when you meet the requirements.
  • Provides an overview of United States taxation regulations and their effects on income, including taxable items, tax brackets, credits, and deductions.

    Click here to Launch U.S. Taxation Basics

  • Provides information on financial planning tools, retirement and insurance options, as well as an overview of wills, trusts, and estate planning.

    Click here to Launch Introduction to Financial Planning

  • This module covers basic categories of investments, outlines methods for setting financial goals aligned, describes various retirement account types, and includes foundational information on investment practices suitable for those new to investing.

    Click here to Launch Fundamentals of Investing

  • The completion of all three of the above: U.S. Taxation Basics, An Introduction to Financial Planning, and Fundamentals of Investing results in earning the Practical Certificate in Financial Understanding. This credential will be automatically awarded when you meet the requirements.
  • This module provides information on financial aid and student loan debt options, including calculations and implications. It also examines financing alternatives and the effects of student loan debt.

    Click here to Launch Decoding Student Debt

  • This module covers evaluating and negotiating job offers, along with the budgeting, taxes, retirement, and healthcare—key topics that support financial health and career goals.

    Click here to Launch Finance Basics for New Graduates

Earned a Merlin Wealth Management Financial Education Micro-credential?

Click here to open the form to claim your Financial Education Micro-credential

Radow College Skills for Success

A Level I Micro-credentials series featuring essential competencies identified by employers as critical for workforce readiness.

Workplace Relationship Building

Complete the Introduction to Teamwork Level I Perspective-Taking Level I, and Persuasion Level I badges to earn a Practiced Digital Certificate in Workplace Skills

Information Literacy

Complete the Fundamentals of Online Research, Introduction to Media Literacy, Introduction to the Ethical Use of Information, and Introduction to Identifying Bias badges to earn the Practiced Digital Certificate in Information Literacy Skills.

  • Ready Fall 2026.
  • Ready Summer 2026
  • Ready Spring 2026

  • Click to launch Introduction to Identifying Bias 

Workplace Skills

Complete the Time Management, Introduction to Ethical Judgement and Reasoning, and Introduction to Data Management badges to earn a Practiced Digital Certificate in Workplace Skills.

Community Engagement

Complete the Introduction to Civic Engagement, Introduction to Community Engagement Planning, and Introduction to Environmental Sustainability badges to earn the Practiced Digital Certificate in Community Engagement.

  • Ready Fall 2026
  • Ready Fall 2026
  • Ready Summer 2026

Foundational Communication

Complete the Foundational Written Communication, Foundational Intercultural Communication, Foundational Oral Communication, and Foundational Digital Communication badges to earn the Practiced Digital Certificate in Foundational Communication.


  • Ready Spring 2027


  • Ready Spring 2027

  •  

    Ready Spring 2027

  •  

    Ready Spring 2027

Critical Thinking

Complete the Introduction to Problem Solving, Introduction to Inquiry and Analysis, Introduction to Inquiry and Analysis, and Introduction to Creative Thinking badges to earn the Practiced Digital Certificate in Critical Thinking.

  • Ready Spring 2027
  • Ready Spring 2027
  • Ready Fall 2026
  • Ready Spring 2027

 

Earned a Skills for Success Micro-Credential? 

Click here to open the form to claim your Skills for Success badge