… or competency-based education, we should say. In the past year, there has been an astounding growth in colleges offering or developing competency-based education programs (programs that are focused on developing concrete and applicable skills rather than academics). Specifically, last year there were 52 such programs while this year there are approximately 600! In October, a group of college officials will be meeting in Phoenix to discuss best practices for developing these programs.
Read more in Inside Higher Education.