{"id":5641,"date":"2015-06-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-06-16T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/blog\/cw_post\/whats-new-in-competency-based-higher-education-4\/"},"modified":"2020-02-05T12:55:17","modified_gmt":"2020-02-05T17:55:17","slug":"whats-new-in-competency-based-higher-education-4","status":"publish","type":"cw_post","link":"https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/cw_post\/whats-new-in-competency-based-higher-education-4\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s New in Competency-Based Higher Education?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Upcoming Event<a href=\"https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2014-08-30-at-7.22.41-AM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-7413\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2014-08-30 at 7.22.41 AM\" src=\"https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2014-08-30-at-7.22.41-AM.png\" width=\"284\" height=\"255\" \/><\/a><\/h3>\n<p>On Thursday, June 25, iNACOL will host a Special Edition Webinar featuring Susan Patrick, President and CEO of iNACOL, and Chris Sturgis, Principal of MetisNet, as they discuss the recent\u00a0CompetencyWorks report titled,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.inacol.org\/resource\/implementing-competency-education-in-k-12-systems-insights-from-local-leaders\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i>Implementing Competency Education in K-12 Systems: Insights from Local Leaders<\/i><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.inacol.org\/event\/competencyworks-implementing-competency-education-in-k-12-systems-insights-from-local-leaders\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Register for the upcoming webinar here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In case you missed iNACOL&#8217;s June 10 webinar, where Chris Sturgis and Susan Patrick discuss the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.inacol.org\/resource\/maximizing-competency-education-and-blended-learning-insights-from-experts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Maximizing Competency Education and Blended Learning<\/a>\u00a0report, you can\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.inacol.org\/resource\/competencyworks-maximizing-competency-education-and-blended-learning-insights-from-experts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">view the archived webinar here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Higher Ed by Design<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The college experience has been roughly the same for the last 100 years. Jessica Hullinger proposes that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/3046299\/the-new-rules-of-work\/this-is-the-future-of-college\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">higher education must undergo dramatic changes<\/a>, including: a focus on skills, not semesters; a hybrid degree; a new major focusing on critical thinking, communication, and problem solving skills; and the death of the lecture.<\/li>\n<li>Associate Professor Dr. Justin Thomas discusses the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/opinion\/comment\/education-is-more-than-the-sum-of-your-marks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">perceived relationship between GPA and future opportunities<\/a>, and advocates for mastery-based reform to promote education for the sake of learning, rather than as a means to a salary.<!--more--><\/li>\n<li>Paul LeBlanc, president of Southern New Hampshire University and senior advisor to the U.S. Department of Education\u2019s under secretary of education Ted Mitchell, <a href=\"http:\/\/chronicle.com\/article\/Video-Lessons-From-a\/230435\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">discusses lessons learned in competency-based education<\/a> in an interview with Jeffrey R. Young.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>In the News<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The Council of Regional Accrediting Commissions (C-RAC) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/quicktakes\/2015\/06\/02\/accreditors-back-joint-approach-competency-based-education\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">released a common framework<\/a> for assessing and approving competency-based education programs. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/sites\/default\/server_files\/files\/C-RAC%20CBE%20Statement%20Press%20Release%206_2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The framework<\/a> includes a definition, structure, and the approval of the competency-based program by the accrediting agency.<\/li>\n<li>Anthem is offering 55,000 employees a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/quicktakes\/2015\/06\/02\/no-cost-degrees-anthem-employees-college-america\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">no-cost associate or bachelor\u2019s degree at College for America<\/a>, providing opportunities for education, development, and career advancements through competency-based pathways.<\/li>\n<li>Salt Lake Community College is <a href=\"http:\/\/higheredutah.org\/slcc-pilots-competency-based-education-with-applied-tech\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">experimenting with a competency-based education model<\/a> at its School of Applied Technology, focusing on the unique needs of adult learners and the underserved, saving time and money while helping students.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>For more news, information, and resources in competency-based higher education, follow us on twitter (@CompetencyWorks) or sign up for our monthly newsletter from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.competencyworks.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">our homepage<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","mapsvg_location":""},"legacy_category":[],"issue":[368,371],"location":[],"class_list":["post-5641","cw_post","type-cw_post","status-publish","hentry","issue-issues-in-practice","issue-learn-lessons-from-the-field"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>What&#039;s New in Competency-Based Higher Education? 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