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Purdue U gets into competency-based education with new bachelor's degree - 0 views

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  • Many of the 600 or so colleges that are trying to add competency-based degrees are focused on adult, nontraditional students who want a leg up in the job market
  • in collaboration with specific industry partners, where an employer’s endorsement of the credential can lead to a graduate employee getting a promotion.
  • ther colleges' forays into competency-based education have been in disciplines with professional licensing and a heavy dose of task-based learning, which seems like an easier fit with academic programs based on mastery rather than time in a classroom.
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  • The toughest nut to crack for competency-based education appears to be bachelor’s degrees aimed at traditional-age students.
  • hat’s what Purdue University is doing with a newly approved bachelor’s in transdisciplinary studies in technology
  • ombines technical disciplines with the humanities.
  • Customization is a big part of the degree’s novelty.
  • which will blend technology-focused disciplines such as computing, construction management, engineering, and aviation with social sciences, the humanities and business.
  • kills employers need for a “thinking economy.” That means complex problem solving, effective communication, critical thinking and ethical judgmen
  • igital badges and produce e-portfolios to display their work
  • In order to do that in a traditional sense, this student would have to get at least one major and three minors
  • urdue’s degree track is based on the credit-hour standard, in which the demonstration of competencies is linked to corresponding college credit
  • he U.S. Department of Education has taken some heat from its own Office of the Inspector General for approving direct-assessment degrees
  • an inspector general audit of Western Governors University over the faculty role in competency-based education (the results of which have yet to be made public), have had a chilling effect on how regional accreditors view proposals for new direct assessment and other competency-based degrees
  • mployer groups, such as the National Association of Manufacturers, praised the new degree in written statements.
  • To scale a program with this level of customization would be challenging,
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