As competency-based degree programs gain momentum among colleges and universities led by organizations such as the Council for Adult & Experiential Learning and the Next Generation Learning Challenges ...

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 ...

The U.S. Department of Education and regional accreditors are closer to being on the same page about competency-based education. With two sides of the regulatory triad that oversees higher education ...

Apprenticeship within the Igbo system is governed by clearly understood norms: learning occurs through immersion, assessment is ...

Increasingly, colleges and employers are looking for strategies that will allow them to adopt skills-based learning and assessment, either as part of microcredentialing or a corporate training and ...

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 ...

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 ...

New offerings combine simulation-based skills measurement with targeted, competency-driven learning paths-so B2B sellers show up stronger in moments that decide deals.MESA, Ariz., Jan. 8, 2026 ...

The Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) has opened a free online training programme for senior school teachers on ...

The Igbo apprenticeship system remains one of Africa’s most coherent indigenous models of professional formation, ...