Is the college credit hour obsolete? Perhaps, but no good alternative exists, report says

By Karen Farkas. Is the college credit hour obsolete?
Perhaps, but colleges lack a suitable replacement, according to a report following a two-year study by a committee formed by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.
For more than 100 years, college students have received credits for successfully completing courses. But today, the credit hour may not be an adequate measure of learning, the report says. More...