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As Audrey Watters would inform us, the answer to this question is "no". But Goldie Blumenstyk makes the best case she can for "yes" in the light of work by the Education Design Lab. "I recognize the potential value of badges that students from all sorts of institutions could use to prove their abilities in communication, critical thinking, resilience, and other so-called soft skills that employers claim to want," she writes. " But I still think the real revolutionary value of badges won't be realized until they can serve as a direct signal to employers — especially for students who, as deLaski put it, aren't already "networked" through family connections or the brand name of their colleges."

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