A Competency-Based-Education Fight in California Reveals the Limits of Top-Down Classroom Initiatives — Minding The Campus

A Competency-Based-Education Fight in California Reveals the Limits of Top-Down Classroom Initiatives — Minding The Campus

Editor’s Note: The following article was originally published by the James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal on April 9, 2025. With edits to match Minding the Campus’s style guidelines, it is crossposted here with permission. Since the 1997 founding of Western Governors University (WGU), a private, nonprofit institution developed to pioneer so-called competency-based education (CBE), a growing number of […] The post A Competency-Based-Educat…

The Faculty Versus Academic Reform — The James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal

Since the 1997 founding of Western Governors University (WGU), a private, nonprofit institution developed to pioneer so-called competency-based education (CBE), a growing number of colleges throughout the U.S. have explored the model to varying degrees. Sometimes referred to as “proficiency-based learning,” “mastery-based learning,” or “student-centered education,” CBE is an alternative model of academic instruction that empowers students with v…