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Navigating the CBE Frontier: Leveraging Data to Improve Student Service and Outcomes (Brower, 2017)

Topics: Data and Analytics

NC-CBE Design Elements: Guide & Workplan (North Carolina)

Topics: State Perspectives/Initiatives

NCHEMS CBE Cost Modeling

Topics: Costs, Finance, and Affordability

New Hampshire: Building an Integrated Competency-Based System (Sturgis, 2016)

Topics: State Perspectives/Initiatives

New Study: Less Expensive Competency-Based Education Programs Just As Good As Traditional Programs (Lindsay, 2018)

Topics: Costs, Finance, and Affordability

Next Generation CBE: Supporting Success for Underprepared College Learners (Deegan, 2018)

Topics: Developmental, Remedial, Under-prepared, & Disadvantaged

Next-Generation CBE: Designing Competency-Based Education for Underprepared College Learners (JFF, 2016)

Topics: Developmental, Remedial, Under-prepared, & Disadvantaged

Nicolet My Way, Competency Based Education Becomes Model (Krall, 2018)

Topics: Case Studies

NMC Horizon Report – 2016 Higher Education Edition

Topics: Technology/Vendors for CBE-Related Products

Office of Inspector General Annual Work Plan FY2016 – Western Governors University pp. 6-7

Topics: U.S. Department of Education

Office of Inspector General Audit Letter to Higher Learning Commission – 9/30/15

Topics: Accreditation Resources

Office of Inspector General Audit Letter to Western Association of Schools and Colleges Senior College and University Commission – 8/2/16

Topics: Accreditation Resources

Office of Inspector General Final Audit Report – Direct Assessment Programs: Processes for Identifying Risks and Evaluating Applications for Title IV Eligibility Need Strengthening to Better Mitigate Risks Posed to the Title IV Programs (2014)

Topics: U.S. Department of Education

Office of Inspector General Final Audit Report – Western Governors University pp 67-69 (2014)

Topics: U.S. Department of Education

Ohio Department of Education – Competency Based Education Pilot Resources

Topics: State Perspectives/Initiatives

OIG Report Findings Clarify Outdated Thinking Around CBE, Not Programmatic Flaws (Morel, 2018)

Topics: U.S. Department of Education

OIG Report: Western Governors University Was Not Eligible to Participate in the Title IV Programs (ED-OIG, 2017)

Topics: U.S. Department of Education

On the Path to Success: Early Evidence About the Efficacy of Postsecondary Competency-Based Education Programs (AIR, 2016)

Topics: Research Studies

One Graduateâ€™s Elusive Achievement: Thanks to Competency-Based Education

Topics: Assessment and Quality

Partnership between Credential Engine and the Navy launches (Zanville, 2018)

Topics: Competency Frameworks

Peirce College (CAEL, 2016)

Topics: Case Studies

PLA and CBE on the Competency Continuum – Slides (CAEL, 2015)

Topics: Prior Learning Assessment

PLA and CBE on the Competency Continuum: The Relationship between Prior Learning Assessment and Competency-Based Education (CAEL, 2015)

Topics: Prior Learning Assessment

Policy Brief: Competency-Based Education (ECS, 2017)

Topics: State Perspectives/Initiatives