Written by: BRIAN CAMERON, MICHAEL WALDHIER, AND TERESA AVERY
Published by: BizEd, AACSB International

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Extracted Content: PUBLICATIONS RANGING from Forbes to U.S. News & World Report have described stackable degrees as the future of higher education. Stackable degrees are growing in popularity primarily because of their flexibility—they allow students to earn multiple credentials that can be applied toward full degrees over time.

But while more universities are adding short-format certificate programs for working professionals to their portfolios, few have integrated those programs in ways that make stackable professional graduate degrees possible.

In October 2019, at the Penn State Smeal College of Business in State College, we introduced an integrated professional graduate portfolio that allows students to earn multiple credentials as they work toward two-year MBA degrees. Since then, we have learned how to stack course content in ways that provide greater value to students—and that help differentiate our MBA programs in the market.

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