Universities try competency-based learning
Universities
are experimenting with competency-based learning . . .
"There’s
a movement brewing to change the way colleges and universities award degrees
from the credit-hour to a model that asks students to prove what they’ve
learned, no matter how long it takes. In her New York Times article, Anya
Kamenetz describes how efforts to keep college costs down are spurring
innovative ideas in higher education and spawning new colleges that use
competency-based learning.
"Critics
say the move could diminish the value of a college degree.
"Degrees Based on What You Can Do, Not How Long You Went
"In 1893, Charles Eliot, president of Harvard, introduced
to the National Education Association a novel concept: the credit hour. Roughly
equivalent to one hour of lecture time a week for a 12- to 14-week semester, it
became the basic unit of a college education, and the standard measure for
transferring work between institutions."
Could This Be the Next Evolution in Higher Ed?
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