A class at Alabama’s Southern Union State Community College. The state’s community colleges are an important element in its rethinking of how education connects with career pathways. (Photo: Southern ...

In this metaphor, CBE is the tuna fish. It may or may not be to your taste, but it’s legitimate food.

Competency-based education is slowly catching on, with the help of policies that give permission for schools in every state to adopt it. But the learning model—a series of non-traditional approaches ...

(TNS) — Jaqueline Yalda, who has been a campus police officer at El Paso Community College in Texas for a decade, sought a promotion earlier this year. But first, the department required her to ...

A new initiative aims at giving Nevada students more flexibility to move through classes at their own pace. The “Nevada Future of Learning Network” focuses on competency-based learning. The goal is to ...

Purdue President Mitch Daniels, from left, and Gary Bertoline, dean of the College of Technology, listen as student David Tishmack speaks at Thursday’s (Sept. 4) announcement. Tishmack, is a ...

Heather Nicholson considers her classroom a “modern-day, one-room schoolhouse.” On a May morning last school year, it was easy to see why. Elementary schoolers sat in one corner, learning Mandarin ...

At the Parker-Varney school in Manchester, grades are not part of the curriculum. “Mastery” is. Students work their way through individual concepts, like long division or the mathematical order of ...

The movement toward more dynamic and effective healthcare training is here. In the domain of healthcare, where the stakes are invariably high, the evolution of medical education represents both a ...

While taking root with airlines, competency-based training is relatively novel in the business aviation sector While taking root with airlines, competency-based ...

PHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE)--University of Phoenix is pleased to report that more than four thousand individuals have graduated from its competency-based Master of Business Administration (MBA-CB), ...

What you need to know: The reform follows a directive from the Ministry of Education and Sports, which requires all tertiary institutions to adopt the Competence-Based Education and Training (CBET) ...