Episode 02: Show Notes.
Achieving a baccalaureate degree in a single year sounds impossible, but what if accreditation was based on competency instead of credit hours? Today, we are discussing competency-based education with the Vice President of Western Governors University, Lucas Kavlie. Tune in to hear the story of Lucas’s background with accreditation, compliance, and institutional effectiveness, before studying cyber and education law. We go on to discuss why Western Governors University prioritizes competency-based education and how they ensure that every person who is accredited progresses fairly. Lucas explains that growth is not the primary goal of the university and tells us why, before explaining why there is a shrinking gap between secondary and post-secondary education. Tune in to hear all this and more today.
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“We're still trying to ensure that what an individual needs to know is assessed in a way that the individual does have what needs to be known in order to be successful out in the field. We know it works.” — Lucas Kavlie [0:09:08]
“We have some individuals who come into Western Governors University, having not done higher education before, and they leave Western Governors University within a year with a baccalaureate degree.” — Lucas Kavlie [0:10:14]
“Through psychometrically sound and legally defensible methodologies, we've established the way to ascertain that this person does know what needs to be known, regardless of where the individual obtains that knowledge.” — Lucas Kavlie [0:11:04]
“Western Governors University has figured out how to say, let's not worry about time. Let's worry about competence.” — Lucas Kavlie [0:17:58]
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