Measuring What Matters: Competency-Based Learning Models in Higher Education: New Directions for Institutional Research (J-B IR Single Issue Institutional Research)

This book makes two significant contributions to the discussion of implementing Competency Based Education (CBE) in higher education. First, much of the literature on CBE is focused on the challenges of implementing CBE within elementary and secondary schools. For that reason alone, many in higher education dismiss CBE as irrelevant to its mission believing, instead, that its applicability is limited to those primary and secondary school settings. That, in itself, makes this an important book. As an edited volume it offers a variety of perspectives on CBE developed within different types of institutional settings and relating CBE to a wide range of concerns common to most institutions of higher education: assessment and retention, improving student learning, distance education and accreditation issues and the demand for increased institutional accountability. Second, the volume concludes with an excellent annotated bibliography that will point the reader in new directions for continued research. This is an essential primary resource for anyone interested in this topic.