What’s New in Competency-Based Higher Education?

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AIR and Eduventures® Research have released the National Survey of Postsecondary Competency-Based Education. We encourage practitioners to take the time to participate.
This article looks at the dynamics around the Higher Education Act as United States senators cannot come to an agreement.
California is planning to develop an online community college, but some educators have reservations about the new development and find the new governor’s suggestion controversial.
Policymakers, practitioners and other stakeholders gathered from 12 different countries for a conference on social and emotional learning.
The Christensen Institute explores the increase of mergers in higher education and the possible effects in the field.

The Center for Education and the Workforce at Georgetown recently released Educational Adequacy in the Twenty-First Century “that seeks to define a new outcomes-based earnings standard for all postsecondary education programs. After closely examining the value and cost of college programs, we determined a standard that would allow graduates to attain middle class earnings and recoup their education costs. [The] proposal: within 10 years following graduation, students must attain earnings greater than $35,000 annually above their cost of education.”