Competency-Based Education: Not just a drinking game

By Phil Hill. Ray Henderson captured the changing trend of the past two EDUCAUSE conferences quite well.
Two years ago, the best-known competency-based education (CBE) initiatives were at Western Governors University (WGU), Southern New Hampshire University’s College for America (CfA), and SUNY’s Excelsior College. In an article this past summer describing the US Department of Education’s focus on CBE, Paul Fain noted. More...