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Is Competency-Based Education the Future?

It is difficult for college executives to dedicate a large percentage of resources to a learning program which, while seemingly valuable to adult and continuing learners, does not provide insight on how quickly students will complete, or how successful they will be upon graduation in the job market. We do know that flexibility is a major factor for a growing number of students, and this bodes well for considering CBE as a learning module.