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Experimenting with Competency
The Education Department will loosen financial-aid rules for 40-plus colleges as they experiment with competency-based education and prior learning assessment.
Outsourced Trial Period
Western Governors University steers rejected applicants to StraighterLine, an online course provider that acts as a low-risk way for students to prepare to earn a degree.
Australia Orders Plagiarism Review
Education minister, concerned by reports of rampant cheating by international students, directs quality assurance agency to examine institutions' policies.
Mobile Bachelor's Degree
Brandman University goes all-in with a competency-based bachelor's degree that is online, available on a tablet, and not based on the credit hour. Its projected price tag? $10,000.
Gaming the System
Public colleges may be using grade inflation or tightening admissions standards to comply with performance-based funding, survey finds.
Recession and Completion
More students enrolled in college when the recession began, new data from the National Student Clearinghouse show, but a smaller percentage graduated within six years.
Big Ten and the Next Big Thing
Michigan, Purdue and the Wisconsin System give competency-based education a try, but carefully and with targeted new programs.
A Conversation Starter
The Degree Qualifications Profile aimed to better define what a degree should mean. As its sponsors release a new version nearly four years later, the document has spurred discussions about learning at hundreds of colleges, but tangible impact has been limited.