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Badging From Within
A digital badging project at UC Davis is drawing notice, but the innovation looks more like competency-based education than a form of alternative credentials.
Go Easy on MOOCs
President Obama's science and technology council recommends the federal government and regional accreditors get out of the way for MOOCs.
Accreditation Agita (Update: Accreditor Extended)
As federal panel weighs fate of agency that withdrew support from City College of San Francisco, lawmakers on Capitol Hill ponder future role for the government in accreditation.
Opinion
Future-Focused Assessment
Measuring what students have learned and can do is hard enough, but we really should be trying to assess what our institutions have prepared them to learn later, writes Mark Salisbury.
What Goes into a Degree?
UConn's stalled proposal to limit outside credits earned by non-transfer students generates controversy and may be a sign of future tussles to come over "unbundled" degrees.
Adding Competency to Community
Western Governors University teams up with 11 community colleges to create new competency-based programs.
Time to Change the Rules?
Congress starts getting specific about higher education policy changes, with calls for deregulation and the expansion of competency-based education.
Opinion
Debt-Free Degrees
David Bergeron and Steven Klinsky explain how a new innovation-focused accreditor could ensure the quality of individual courses and drive down the cost of a degree.