The competency-based education (CBE) model is an obvious fit for busy adults with previous postsecondary experience, but does CBE fit traditional learners too? Can CBE improve the dual credit model?…
Applied and Experiential Learning
Best of Both Worlds: Establishing and Rolling Out Best Practices for a CBE Offering
Donna Diller | Director of the Montoya Campus, Central New Mexico Community College Kalynn Pirkl | Associate Dean of Business and Information Technology, Central New Mexico Community College
Experiential Learning: Not Just for Residential Undergraduates
Joshua Steele | Senior Director of UA Online, University of ArizonaConversations on, and a focus around, experiential learning are experiencing a resurgence in higher education. Northeastern University and its President, Dr. Joseph E. Aoun, have been recent proponents of the…
Call it self-paced. Call it time-fluid. The essential characteristic of competency-based education, or CBE, is that learning and its demonstration are prioritized over time spent learning. Whether the CBE program…
Designing a Mechanism to Assess CBE Quality
Charla Long | Executive Director, Competency-Based Education NetworkThough itās not a new concept, there has been significant growth in recent years in the number of competency-based education (CBE) programs offered at colleges and universities across the United…
The Silent Learning Revolution in Higher Education: Crafting Strategies for a Changing World
Peter Smith | Orkand Chair and Professor of Innovative Practices in Higher Education, University of Maryland University CollegeThe Four Reasons Your Campus Should be Offering Prior Learning Assessment Credit
Matt Bergman | Program Director and Research Faculty Member, University of LouisvilleExpanding Prior Learning Assessment and the Changing Educational Landscape
Frances Turcott | Director of Special Projects, Anne Arundel Community CollegeLearning from WGU: Five Key Practices
David Leasure | President, Higher Learning Challenge, LLCAn Overview of Competency-Based Education: Its Place in the Market and Gaining Stakeholder Buy-In
Michelle SolƩr | Director of Competency-Based Education and Assessment, University of North Carolina-General AdministrationNavigating the CBE Frontier: Creative and Alternative Student Support for Creative and Alternative Models of Education
Aaron Brower | Executive Director of UW Extended Campus and Senior Associate Vice President of Academic Affairs, University of Wisconsin System David SchejbalCompetency-Based Education Model Benefits Faculty As Well As Students
Michelle SolƩr | Director of Competency-Based Education and Assessment, University of North Carolina-General AdministrationIs There A Continuum for Competency-Based Education?
Rhonda Tracy | Former Chancellor, Kentucky Community and Technical College SystemA CBE Overview: A Taste of CBE Today
A. Sasha Thackaberry | Associate Vice Chancellor of Learning Experience Design Innovation, National University
There 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…
The Foundation for Widespread CBE Exists
Mark Peterson | CIO and Director of Technology Services, Inver Hills Community CollegeThe concept of competence, how well someone knows something or can do something, isn't new. Each of us makes numerous assessments and judgements regarding the competence of others, and ourselves,…
This is the final installment of a two part series by Barbara Wright discussing how accreditation is transforming to adapt to the rise of competency-based education. In the first installment,…
Competency-Based Education and Accreditation: A Personal Perspective (Part 1)
Barbara Wright | Former Vice President, WASC Senior College and University CommissionIn 2012 I gave a talk in which I asked, āIf we focus on outcomes, do we really need courses?ā My argument was that courses are just a meansāone meansāto…
Learning for the Long Haul: A Response to Alternative Educational Options
Jean Floten | Chancellor, Western Governors University WashingtonThe Path Forward for Competency-Based Education
Chari Leader Kelley | Senior Fellow, CAELCBE and the Sage Dynamic: New Roles for Faculty and Administration
William Ryan | Consultant and Former Executive Director of Learn on Demand, Kentucky Community and Technical College SystemSaying Yes to Competency-Based Education: The Big Picture (Part 1)
Rhonda Tracy | Former Chancellor, Kentucky Community and Technical College SystemCompetency-Based Education: A Powerful Way to Link Learning and the Workplace
Dorothy Wax | Associate Vice President for Career Services, CAEL Becky Klein-CollinsNavigating the CBE Frontier: Accrediting Competency
Aaron Brower | Executive Director of UW Extended Campus and Senior Associate Vice President of Academic Affairs, University of Wisconsin SystemFrom Subject Mastery to Career: Designing CBE Programs That Close the Skills Gap
William Ryan | Consultant and Former Executive Director of Learn on Demand, Kentucky Community and Technical College SystemThe First in a Crowded Room: How WGU Can Continue to Stand Out in the Competency Era
Sally Johnstone | President, National Center for Higher Education Management SystemsClarifying Competency-Based Education Terms
Deborah Everhart | Chief Strategy Officer, Credential Engine
This is the conclusion of Walter Pearsonās two-part series discussing prior learning assessment (PLA) and its role in supporting the national post-secondary completion agenda. In the first part, Pearson outlined…
PLA and the Completion Agenda: Understanding PLA
Walter Pearson | Editor, Journal of Continuing Higher EducationThe practice of prior learning assessment (PLA) has grown in visibility as the nation wakes up to the importance of helping more adult students to complete their degrees. The completion…
This is the final installment of Robert Hillās three-part series on competency-based education (CBE). In the second installment, Hill questioned whether CBE could satisfy the multiple roles of higher education.…