INDIANAPOLIS - The Purdue University Board of Trustees on Friday (April 10) voted to recommend approval of a Bachelor of Science degree in Transdisciplinary Studies in Technology in the College of ...

A new report says 52 colleges offer, or plan to offer, some credits based on learning, not just seat time. Competency-based education is in vogue — even though most people have never heard of it, and ...

When Texas resident Billy Parsons went on job interviews, he emphasized his unique online education. The 47-year-old earned his MBA from the for-profit Capella University last year through ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. At the core of WGU’s approach is Competency-Based Education, which WGU developed in consultation with subject experts and industry ...

Brandman University in Irvine is testing an online-only bachelor’s degree in business administration based on a “direct assessment” of student knowledge rather than a traditional university system of ...

Speakers at last week's annual conference of the nonprofit Competency-Based Education Network promoted a new report that's part of a coordinated push to grow adoption and acceptance of the education ...

ORANGE COUNTY, Calif., May 24, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Coastline College is one of eight colleges that has been awarded a grant totaling $400,000 that spans five years and allows them to create and ...

A class at Alabama’s Southern Union State Community College. The state’s community colleges are an important element in its rethinking of how education connects with career pathways. (Photo: Southern ...

Students from low-income high schools in Richmond and elsewhere are part of a critical segment of Virginia’s population: individuals who have not pursued higher education, and the jobs that could ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn and EDMOND, Okla., Apr. 25, 2018 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Oklahoma Christian University and OnSomble today announced the development of a brand-new Competency-Based Education (CBE) ...

Some call for educational innovation. Others make it happen. No educational innovators, I suspect, have had a greater impact than Paul LeBlanc of Southern New Hampshire University or Scott Pulsipher ...

PHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE)--University of Phoenix reports that its accredited competency-based Master of Business Administration (MBA-CB) degree program, intended to fast-track students who demonstrate ...