Applied and Experiential Learning
With more adults enrolling in postsecondary programs, and with greater employer demand for work-ready graduates, the demand for programs that award credit based on subject mastery rather than time in class is growing. Adapting to this shift requires institutions to adapt their approach to managing and tracking learning.
Learning from WGU: Five Key Practices
David Leasure | President, Higher Learning Challenge, LLCWestern Governors University (WGU) celebrated the 20th year of its founding in July 2017. WGU is the largest and oldest institution of higher learning that offers online, competency-based education (CBE),…
An Overview of Competency-Based Education: Its Place in the Market and Gaining Stakeholder Buy-In
Michelle Solér | Director of Competency-Based Education and Assessment, University of North Carolina-General AdministrationWhen it comes to finding a common definition for alternative and innovative credentials, there doesn’t seem to a standard. What is innovative for some institutions has been in place at…
Navigating the CBE Frontier: Creative and Alternative Student Support for Creative and Alternative Models of Education
Aaron Brower | Provost, University of Wisconsin-ExtensionAs has been stated in many venues (including in The EvoLLLution), we simply need more alternative pathways to meet the nation’s demand for people with postsecondary degrees. Reaching the President’s…
Competency-Based Education Model Benefits Faculty As Well As Students
Michelle Solér | Director of Competency-Based Education and Assessment, University of North Carolina-General AdministrationA college degree signifies to an employer that a graduate can demonstrate multiple things, reading and writing at the very core of this skill set. Yet, national surveys show employer…
Is There A Continuum for Competency-Based Education?
Rhonda Tracy | Chancellor, Kentucky Community and Technical College SystemAfter attending a state meeting recently to discuss competency-based education with education leaders and consultants, I left with several thoughts about the breadth and depth of competency-based education. As states…
A CBE Overview: A Taste of CBE Today
A. Sasha Thackaberry | Assistant Vice President of Academic Technology, Course Production and Alternative Learning Models, Southern New Hampshire UniversityThis is the conclusion of A. Sasha Thackaberry’s two-part series providing an overview of the competency-based education (CBE) space. In the first installment, Thackaberry looked back at the recent history…
A CBE Overview: The Recent History of CBE
A. Sasha Thackaberry | Assistant Vice President of Academic Technology, Course Production and Alternative Learning Models, Southern New Hampshire UniversityThere has been a lot of buzz around competency-based education for the past couple of years. Many new programs have been developing in higher education, and it seems like CBE…