{"id":5666,"date":"2016-05-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-05-18T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/blog\/cw_post\/whats-new-in-competency-based-higher-education-13\/"},"modified":"2020-02-05T12:58:29","modified_gmt":"2020-02-05T17:58:29","slug":"whats-new-in-competency-based-higher-education-13","status":"publish","type":"cw_post","link":"https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/cw_post\/whats-new-in-competency-based-higher-education-13\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s New in Competency-Based Higher Education?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7413 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2014-08-30-at-7.22.41-AM.png\" alt=\"What's New\" width=\"284\" height=\"255\" \/>Student Perspectives<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Keaton Wadzinski, a third year student at the University of Virginia, explains <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edsurge.com\/news\/2016-04-07-why-student-voice-means-more-than-choice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">why student voice means more than choice<\/a> and provides examples of authentic student agency.<\/li>\n<li>Daniel Porter, a student earning his masters in education from WGU Texas, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.houstonpublicmedia.org\/articles\/news\/2016\/04\/26\/147782\/competency-based-education-scraps-semesters-tries-to-measure-learning\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">comments on the innovative CBE model<\/a> focused on mastery rather than time spent in a classroom.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Thought Leadership<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Under Secretary of Education Ted Mitchell <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edsurge.com\/news\/2016-05-03-ted-mitchell-wants-equity-to-drive-higher-ed-innovation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">calls for equity to drive higher education innovations<\/a>. He discusses the college completion crisis, exposure to higher education and the government\u2019s role.<\/li>\n<li>Does higher education CBE represent a viable investment of student time and money and institutional efforts and resources? What fields and types of learners thrive best under CBE programs? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edsurge.com\/news\/2016-05-09-is-competency-based-education-worth-the-investment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read insights to these questions here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cClickable credentials\u201d in CBE programs can enable graduate programs and potential employers to assess the true skills of graduates, and it will help with remediation, but <a href=\"http:\/\/www.educationdive.com\/news\/is-demand-high-enough-for-cbe-expansion\/417685\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">is demand high enough for CBE expansion<\/a>? For more information on this topic, <a href=\"http:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2016\/04\/18\/the-new-push-toward-competency-based-education\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">read this article<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Insights from the Field\u2019s Experts<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Cathy Sandeen, chancellor of the University of Wisconsin Colleges and the University of Wisconsin-Extension, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/views\/2016\/05\/10\/essay-how-create-direct-assessment-degree-program\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shares lessons learned<\/a> from developing the UW Flexible Option.<\/li>\n<li>Brandman University Professor Diane Singer explains <a href=\"https:\/\/brandmannews.org\/2016\/04\/academic-tutors-coaches-support-competency-based-education\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">why CBE clicks for so many of their students<\/a>, especially adult learners.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h4>Other News<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Western Governors University released its first installment of The Journal of Competency-Based Education. <a href=\"http:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1002\/cbe2.2016.1.issue-1\/issuetoc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Access the Journal here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>AT&amp;T, Google and other companies are <a href=\"https:\/\/campustechnology.com\/articles\/2016\/05\/11\/taking-competency-based-credentials-seriously-in-the-workforce.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">extending partnerships with online education providers<\/a> to design new educational pathways to jobs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Resources<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>What is the current state of CBE in IHE across the United States? Preliminary findings from a joint Eduventures\/Ellucian survey reporting on institutions\u2019 level of commitment to CBE <a href=\"http:\/\/www.academicimpressions.com\/news\/current-state-competency-based-education-us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">can be found here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>CBE and Prior Learning Assessment intersect in many ways, and a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cael.org\/cbe\/publication\/pla-and-cbe-on-the-competency-continuum\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">new CAEL resource<\/a> explores the relationship between these two ideas and how they work together in higher education.<\/li>\n<li>AIR <a href=\"http:\/\/www.air.org\/resource\/making-case-competency-based-education-early-lessons-field\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">released a brief outlining 7 considerations for CBE program leaders<\/a> who want to begin gathering and using rigorous evidence as they build a case for CBE to both internal and external audiences.<\/li>\n<li>CAEL <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cael.org\/cbe\/publication\/salt-lake-city-community-college-competency-based-education-in-the-school-of-applied-technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">released a new case study<\/a> of Salt Lake City\u2019s ambitious CBE initiative, which it launched with 10 active programs in 2015 and many more are currently under development.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Learn more: follow <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CompetencyWorks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@CompetencyWorks<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.competencyworks.org\/\">sign up for our monthly newsletter<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/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-5666","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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