This Week with EdSurge

What If Education Was ‘Competency-Based’?

Nov 24, 2021 · 28 min · 24.2 MB
0:00-28:51

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Could the pandemic be a moment that competency-based education catches on more widely. It's an approach where colleges award degrees based on what students can show they know, rather than how long they've spent in a classroom. Paul LeBlanc, president of Southern New Hampshire University, talks about his new book about the approach, called Students First: Equity, Access and Opportunity in Higher Education.