Capella University and Southern New Hampshire University were the first to successfully take the plunge with direct assessment, an aggressive form of competency-based education that is untethered from ...

A one hour consultation Connect you to resources including: a development plan for you to implement, advice for choosing or developing competency frameworks and competency assessment tools, and ...

MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Capella University, the first institution approved to offer federal financial aid for bachelor’s and master’s degrees through a unique direct assessment approach to ...

Competency-based education (CBE) programs may be an appealing alternative to conventional seat-time-based postsecondary degrees, but CBE’s long-term viability hinges on the credibility of these ...

Developed in partnership with IDA+A (Purdue's Institutional Data Analytics + Assessment office), this new assessment measures all 20 skills in the LEAD competency framework, giving faculty and staff a ...

Two new competency-based education programs up the ante for a potential disruption to higher education. How do they work? Earlier this year Capella University and the new College for America began ...

Most state and federal training regulations require that your members show competence in their firefighting skills but don’t define how to measure that competency. If someone goes to 100 calls and ...

When you hire an employee to work for your company, he must remain competent. An incompetent employee can slow down the company's overall productivity, as well as lower the morale of the workplace ...

Recruiters and hiring managers assess candidates' core competencies during the interview process. But more extensive assessments often are necessary to determine employees' capabilities for certain ...

A three-author policy analysis links the 38 UAE nursing competency standards to direct learner evidence and program-level ...