The quest for demonstrable outcomes

• Authors: David Schejbal
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

There is a buzz, even a frenzy, about competency-based education (CBE). Brought together by the Lumina Foundation-sponsored organization C-BEN (the Competency-Based Education Network), 30 institutions and 4 university systems have developed or are developing competency-based programs. About another 600 schools have claimed to be developing CBE programs, though there is no accurate data to substantiate that number. Why and why now?

Keywords

EN

competency-based education (CBE); american higher education; american education system

• Publisher: Szkoła Główna Handlowa w Warszawie
• Journal: e-mentor
• Year: 2015
• Issue: 4 (61)
• Pages: 84-89

Dates

published

2015-09-30

Contributors

author

David Schejbal

• University of Wisconsin-Extension

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