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Chapter 19
Handbook of Research on Competency-Based Education in University Settings
A group of education and industry experts in specific degree areas that meet to identify and compile competencies expected of a graduate within that degree. Provide policy, guidance, quality oversight, and external validation of WGU’s programs.
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Western Governors University: CBE Innovator and National Model
Robert Mendenhall (Western Governors University, USA)
Copyright: © 2017 |Pages: 22
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-0932-5.ch019
Abstract
The university was created as a non-profit, online, competency-based university to expand access to affordable higher education as a supplement to state higher education systems. It was created with two key guiding principles: 1) To develop a model for competency-based education that would measure learning rather than time, and tie the competencies being taught to workplace needs. 2) To use technology to create a new business model in higher education that would increase the productivity of higher education (high quality education at lower cost) while expanding access.
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