What Does Competency-Based Education Look Like?

August 12, 2016

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An infographic from ACE’s The Presidency seeks to answer that question by showing how the shape and depth of competency-based education (CBE) shifts each time a college or university starts a CBE program, because each institution’s needs are different.

The infographic below gives a quick introduction to the spectrum of CBE and how learning and other aspects of college and university work can differ according to how much CBE is applied, from the more traditional to the more experimental.
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To read more about “The Road to Competency-Based Education,” click here. To learn about a recent survey of leaders at 251 colleges and universities active or interested in CBE, click here.


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