— Bills have been pitched in Congress and the Education Department is prepared to clear an untold number of colleges to experiment with different CBE models while retaining their federal aid eligibility. But innovation isn’t easy. Many institutions that might want to participate won’t have the software or infrastructure to do so. And as lawmakers have acknowledged, much of the heavy lifting will show not just what works — but inevitably, what doesn’t.
Tuesday, August 12, 2014
Competency Based Educaiton in Higher Ed
CBE’S TIME TO SHINE: Competency-based education isn’t a new
idea, but it’s getting newfound attention in the midst of an increasingly
volatile debate about rising college costs, limited access and dubious quality
in higher education. The concept has long languished under a system that grants
degrees based on how much time students spend in the classroom, not how much
they’re learning while they’re there. Republicans and Democrats in Congress
can’t seem to find much common ground on HEA reauthorization, but they’re
coming together on this one. Lawmakers say competency-based education could
have far-reaching consequences — possibly revolutionizing higher education as
we know it. Even the White House agrees. “Folks get that there really is this
tension between innovation and integrity and you have to find that balance,”
said Amy Laitinen, deputy director for higher education at the New America
Foundation. “And I think experimentation is the way to go.” Allie Grasgreen
reports: http://politico.pro/1kqCObq
— Bills have been pitched in Congress and the Education Department is prepared to clear an untold number of colleges to experiment with different CBE models while retaining their federal aid eligibility. But innovation isn’t easy. Many institutions that might want to participate won’t have the software or infrastructure to do so. And as lawmakers have acknowledged, much of the heavy lifting will show not just what works — but inevitably, what doesn’t.
— Bills have been pitched in Congress and the Education Department is prepared to clear an untold number of colleges to experiment with different CBE models while retaining their federal aid eligibility. But innovation isn’t easy. Many institutions that might want to participate won’t have the software or infrastructure to do so. And as lawmakers have acknowledged, much of the heavy lifting will show not just what works — but inevitably, what doesn’t.
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