Argosy University System is among the first institutions in a movement toward competency-based education, creating new models of direct assessment that promise to reduce time-to-degree and offer ...

Human resources management in small businesses can be highly structured as in large organizations, or less structured to permit flexibility in workforce planning, staffing and HR control over the ...

Faced with stagnating student achievement, the 10,500-student Adams 50 district in Westminster, Colo., launched an improvement initiative in 2008 that eliminated old notions of grade-level progression ...

An employee is hired based on his or her qualifications, which are determined by a job description and will be renewed based on a competency framework. The employee is subject to a set of rules and ...

Precision Skills Assessments give revenue teams an objective picture of how sellers perform in key moments that affect buying decisions. Competency-Based Skills Training then turns those insights into ...

workforce challenges leveraging the Whole Person Competence Development (WPCD) approach can lead to a more engaged and empowered workforce, equipped to embrace modern technologies and new ways of ...

Coined in the 1970s, competency-based learning is gaining converts and building enthusiasm in our K-12 education system, taking the focus off grades and seat time—and replacing it with an emphasis on ...

Healthcare for older adults requires a knowledgeable professional workforce. Yet less than one percent of health professionals are certified in geriatrics. This paper describes initiatives to assure ...

This webinar is the eighth in the IAEA Webinar Series on Training and Qualification related to nuclear facility personnel. The main purpose of this event is to support member states in SAT (Systematic ...

The development of competence is an ongoing journey, and one that is particularly punctuated in the early part of a health professional’s career. These novice practitioners need to recognize that the ...

In my previous article I shared my favorite quotes from Li Lu on the subject of circle of competency. While those quotes are great, they won't have any practical value unless we can actually put them ...