The First in a Crowded Room: How WGU Can Continue to Stand Out in the Competency Era

By Sally Johnstone - Evolllution. Competency-based education, once a peripheral and little-known pathway to a postsecondary credential, burst onto the higher education scene a few years ago and has not disappeared. Leaving claims of “flash-in-the-pan” in the dirt, colleges and universities across the United States have been aggressively launching competency-based programs of their own. More...