Manchester, N.H. (March 14, 2017) - College for America at Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU) is teaming up with the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to offer low-cost, competency-based ...

When Texas resident Billy Parsons went on job interviews, he emphasized his unique online education. The 47-year-old earned his MBA from the for-profit Capella University last year through ...

A new report says 52 colleges offer, or plan to offer, some credits based on learning, not just seat time. Competency-based education is in vogue — even though most people have never heard of it, and ...

Purdue President Mitch Daniels, from left, and Gary Bertoline, dean of the College of Technology, listen as student David Tishmack speaks at Thursday’s (Sept. 4) announcement. Tishmack, is a ...

SEATTLE - The state's community college system is planning to offer an all-online, competency-based associate degree in business that students could earn at home in 18 months - or even earlier, if ...

INDIANAPOLIS - The Purdue University Board of Trustees on Friday (April 10) voted to recommend approval of a Bachelor of Science degree in Transdisciplinary Studies in Technology in the College of ...

Craig Kilgo, 29, has a job as a project manager for the Department of Defense and a 6-month-old son. What he doesn’t yet have is an undergraduate degree. The obstacles: time and money. His solution?

PHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE)--University of Phoenix is participating in the SHRM Conference and sharing details about new competency-based education (CBE) degree programs designed to provide busy ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn and EDMOND, Okla., Apr. 25, 2018 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Oklahoma Christian University and OnSomble today announced the development of a brand-new Competency-Based Education (CBE) ...

Speakers at last week's annual conference of the nonprofit Competency-Based Education Network promoted a new report that's part of a coordinated push to grow adoption and acceptance of the education ...

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 ...

Paul LeBlanc certainly thinks so. He sees it as a realistic way to reverse the trend toward deepening socioeconomic inequality. Some call for educational innovation. Others make it happen. No ...