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Challenges and Opportunities in the Currency of Higher Education

Challenges and Opportunities in the Currency of Higher Education

Deborah Everhart, Deborah M. Seymour
Copyright: © 2020 |Pages: 25
ISBN13: 9781799804208|ISBN10: 1799804208|EISBN13: 9781799804215
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-0420-8.ch060
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Everhart, Deborah, and Deborah M. Seymour. "Challenges and Opportunities in the Currency of Higher Education." Learning and Performance Assessment: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, edited by Information Resources Management Association, IGI Global, 2020, pp. 1280-1304. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-0420-8.ch060

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Everhart, D. & Seymour, D. M. (2020). Challenges and Opportunities in the Currency of Higher Education. In I. Management Association (Ed.), Learning and Performance Assessment: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications (pp. 1280-1304). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-0420-8.ch060

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Everhart, Deborah, and Deborah M. Seymour. "Challenges and Opportunities in the Currency of Higher Education." In Learning and Performance Assessment: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, edited by Information Resources Management Association, 1280-1304. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2020. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-0420-8.ch060

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Abstract

In 2013, the American Council on Education and Blackboard began joint research on competency-based education (CBE) to identify challenges and potential solutions for higher education CBE stakeholders. A key premise is that while credit-hour processes are likely to remain deeply embedded in post-secondary systems for some time, there is ample opportunity for innovation with competencies as a parallel and complementary currency. Credit hours provide a basis for current models of exchange in higher education, including credits for degree attainment, financial aid, and other critical functions. Competencies provide representations of learning outcomes that are more flexible and transparent and can be applied in multiple contexts within and outside educational institutions. This chapter provides scenarios that illustrate how competencies provide broad value in educational processes, not only as a means of documenting student achievement, but also to create meaningful connections between jobseekers and employment, for faculty and staff development, and for economic development.

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