Skills-based hiring is gaining momentum. More and more major companies, states and even the federal government are re-examining stringent degree requirements as a proxy for job readiness in favor of a ...

Many of us have heard from colleagues that our country’s postsecondary institutions cannot keep up with projected growth in the middle-skill occupations. In fact, according to some projections, the ...

As older, working students become the face of higher education, universities are venturing into the world of competency-based education—but the technical challenges are significant. With ...

With the recent signing of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, the popularity of jobs training programs across the country, and the recent surge in the offerings of digital badges, ...

Competency-based education (CBE) awards academic credit based on what students can prove they have learned rather than the amount of time spent in class. The model has received substantial attention ...

In Thomas County, Georgia, students who have struggled in the mainstream have found a home in Bishop Hall Charter School. At Bishop Hall, students master skills at their own speed. Principal Chris ...

Competency-Based Education (CBE) has been gathering steam hand in hand with Personalized [sic] Learning as the Next Big New Thing in education. But for folks who have been around education for a few ...

Tom Rooney sees competency-based education—supported by digital learning tools—as the path to building a better school district. The superintendent of the 4,200-student Lindsay Unified School District ...

Employers’ overall awareness of competency-based education (CBE) is low, but the small minority of hiring managers already aware of CBE have a favorable view of the model. CBE programs generally ...