{"id":5647,"date":"2015-08-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-08-13T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/blog\/cw_post\/whats-new-in-competency-based-higher-ed-2\/"},"modified":"2020-02-05T12:55:41","modified_gmt":"2020-02-05T17:55:41","slug":"whats-new-in-competency-based-higher-ed-2","status":"publish","type":"cw_post","link":"https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/cw_post\/whats-new-in-competency-based-higher-ed-2\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s New in Competency-Based Higher Ed?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>Changing the Transcript<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The college transcript has come under scrutiny, as it is inadequate in portraying what students know and do during college. Two national associations representing student affairs administrators and college registrars <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/news\/2015\/07\/13\/project-create-models-broader-form-student-transcript\">announced a project to develop models for a more comprehensive student transcript<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Stanford University\u2019s registrar is <a href=\"http:\/\/chronicle.com\/article\/Making-Transcripts-More-Than\/231595\/?utm_source=Smart+Update&amp;utm_campaign=217b2579ab-Smart_Impact_7_22_2015&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_17bb008ec3-217b2579ab-290046333\">experimenting with extended transcripts and digital portfolios<\/a> as a means to more accurately capture what students are learning both inside and outside the classroom.<\/li>\n<li>Getting Smart\u2019s Carri Schneider agreed with that proposition <a href=\"http:\/\/gettingsmart.com\/2015\/07\/its-time-to-build-a-better-transcript\/?utm_source=Smart+Update&amp;utm_campaign=217b2579ab-Smart_Impact_7_22_2015&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_17bb008ec3-217b2579ab-290046333\">in her article<\/a>, where she notes that entrepreneurial businesses don\u2019t even look at college transcripts, because the long list of cryptic course titles and credit hours don\u2019t reveal what students actually learn.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>The Higher Education Act<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>A U.S. Senate hearing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/news\/2015\/07\/23\/senate-hearing-features-familiar-tensions-between-innovation-and-quality-assurance\">featured a familiar discussion between innovation and quality assurance<\/a>, where several senators and witnesses were optimistic about competency-based education.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/michaelhorn\/2015\/07\/23\/disruptive-innovations-in-higher-ed-emerging-from-outside-mainstream\/\">Michael Horn testified before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee<\/a> to explore barriers to and opportunities for innovation as reauthorization of the Higher Education Act is being considered. He elaborates on his testimony in this article.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Other News in Competency-Based Higher Education<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Online and part-time competency-based programs <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usnews.com\/news\/stem-solutions\/articles\/2015\/07\/01\/stem-for-single-moms-competency-based-programs-offer-flexible-path\">offer skills to working adults who cannot commit to the traditional 16-week semester<\/a>\u2014in courses ranging from marine biology to public speaking. Students can begin these standardized courses at any time and they can stop after any module.<\/li>\n<li>This guest commentary discusses <a href=\"http:\/\/www.columbiamissourian.com\/opinion\/guest_commentaries\/guest-commentary-competency-based-education-could-ease-hassle-cost-of\/article_da67bb96-3473-11e5-8ff9-6b2af180faaf.html\">how competency education could reduce the cost<\/a> to students when transferring between colleges.<\/li>\n<li>BCcampus has been monitoring advancements in competency-based education, and <a href=\"http:\/\/bccampus.ca\/2014\/12\/16\/competency-based-education-training-for-the-gap\/\">this article is part one of a three-part series<\/a> looking at the competency-based delivery model, titled Competency to Credential.<\/li>\n<li>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yourhoustonnews.com\/courier\/news\/thecb-new-plan-aims-to-boost-percent-of-degrees-by\/article_415000a2-1c68-597a-ad86-e86bf72a4ead.html\">Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board is considering a 15-year plan<\/a>, with the overarching goal of getting 60% of the 25-34 age range a post-secondary credential by 2030.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\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-5647","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 Ed? 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