Competency-based Education: Two Universities, Two Models, One Goal: Student Success
Session Type
Concurrent - Includes content presentation and Q & A with audience
Session Description
Competency-based education has the potential to provide a path to a college degree for adult and post-traditional learners. As colleges and universities begin to develop such programs, different models are emerging in which students demonstrate mastery of academic content. Designing the appropriate institutional model poses questions about the role of prior learning assessment and the challenges of competency-based learning at the institutional level. Two different models of competency-based programs will be presented and examined.
Session Focus
Online Programming
Post-traditional Students
Student / Client Support Services
Marketing / Social Marketing
Budget & Finance
Workforce Development
Military Education
Degree Completion
Corporate Training
Prior Learning Assessment
Competency Based Education
Session Audience
Faculty
Professional Staff
Deans & Senior Administrators
Student Services Providers
Marketing Staff
Advisers
Other
Primary Presenter
Roxanne M. Gonzales, Clarion University
Contact information
rgonzales@clarion.edu
6039447066
Brief Bio
Roxanne is the Executive Dean of Venango College at Clarion University of Pennsylvania. She has served as the President of ACHE and received its Leadership Award in 2012. Roxanne has over 30 years of experience in continuing higher education.
Additional Presenter #1
Jayne Pelletier, University of New England
Contact Information
jpelletier4@une.edu 2072214820
Brief Bio
Jayne is the Director of Academic Partnerships in the College of Graduate and Professional Studies/Online Worldwide Learning at the University of New England. She has served in continuing higher education for over 25 years.