The push for degree completion has taken the national spotlight easily in recent years. But surprisingly, questions about the quality and consistency of those degrees have not been quite so prevalent.

Southern New Hampshire University's competency-based program, College for America, is opening up new options for the assessment of student learning. It's also turning the notion of the traditional ...

Scores of colleges are gearing up to offer new competency-based degrees. But some college leaders are confused about whether the U.S. Department of Education remains supportive of a new form of ...

These are heady times for competency-based education, which raises fundamental questions about the structure and purpose of higher education. Several colleges are taking the competency-based approach ...

Competency-based education (CBE) programs may be an appealing alternative to conventional seat-time-based postsecondary degrees, but CBE’s long-term viability hinges on the credibility of these ...

After spending last week in Washington, D.C., I was struck by how nervous folks in education circles are about whether states will stick with the Common Core state standards once the Common Core ...

Competency-based medical education (CBME), a framework widely adopted across established medical specialties, is increasingly gaining ground in aesthetic medicine, a field that has historically relied ...

Marks flatten human potential. Two students may each score 80 in a Maths exam. Yet one might read a chart like a detective. The other may model a situation with elegant algebra. Conventional testing ...

The increasing demand for CBSE to transition from traditional score-based assessments to competency-based evaluations is underscored by key findings from the Annual Status of Education Report (ASER), ...

New offerings combine simulation-based skills measurement with targeted, competency-driven learning paths—so B2B sellers show up stronger in moments that decide deals. Corporate Visions is the leading ...