A Higher Education Journey Toward Standards/Competency-Based Principles
In our work with school administrators who are leading innovative standards or competency-based initiatives, we are often…
Hey, Princeton: Consider Competencies
This post was first published on the Next Gen Learning blog and at the Christensen Institute. With…
Adding “Modularization” to the Higher Education Vernacular
Originally appeared August 8, 2014 at the Christensen Institute. Even before MIT released its 213-page report earlier…
Rights-Sizing Higher Education
Disruption. The word is tossed around these days, and I always have to think about why disruption…
New Networks: Competency Education in Higher Education
Competency education is a hot topic in higher education. (No worries about varied terminology in higher education….
Colleges Commit to Accepting Proficiency-Based Diploma
The Maine Department of Education posted the following update on how colleges are responding to a proficiency-based…
Congressional Hearings on Competency Ed in Higher Ed
Just in case you want to listen in to the House Education and the Workforce Committee hearings…
Does the NCAA Allow Online Courses or Competency-Based Education?
Does the NCAA allow online courses for high school athletes to be eligible for college? The short…
Collegiate Endorsement of Proficiency-Based Education and Graduation
We all know higher education plays a big role in designing and institutionalizing competency education, including alignment…
Department of Education Letter Could Put Cracks in the Credit Hour
This post was originally published on March 19, 2013 by the New America Foundation. The U.S. Department…