The effort builds on the university’s success with credit-based CBE programs. Over the next year and a half the University anticipates releasing six (6) more CBE-Direct Assessment programs to grow its footprint in the innovative learning space. “Being able to show employers finite and defined competencies or skills in courses has tremendous value for students – especially when students can progress in their courses and degree programs based on the demonstration of their competencies or skills in real-time instead of being bound to seat-time requirements.” Instead of waiting for the fixed end date of a course, students will be able to accelerate their learning through an individualized approach to consuming course content with the guidance of a faculty member, and completing a course once all competencies are demonstrated,” states John Woods, Ph.D., provost and chief academic officer. “CBE-Direct Assessment will allow the University to provide students with even more flexibility in their pursuit of a degree program. The new CBE-Direct Assessment programs at University of Phoenix complement the university’s skills-tagged curriculum, and because the university structures its courses around real-world skills that employers need, it is a natural progression in program development for working adult learners. At launch of the programs, University of Phoenix will be one of the few higher education institutions in the United States offering CBE-Direct Assessment programs.Īccelerated by the pandemic and the Great Resignation, the workforce market is increasingly focused on recognizing and overcoming skills gaps as well as opportunity gaps for workers, as illustrated in the results of the University of Phoenix’s Career Optimism Index® study.

CBE-Direct Assessment in higher education is an innovative learning model with courses designed around competencies, or skills, and within a framework of authentic assessments for students to demonstrate a competency, or skill.Īccording to a report based on the 2019 National Survey of Postsecondary Competency-Based Education (NSPCBE) by the American Institutes for Research, 18% of 602 higher education institution respondents indicated they were approved for CBE-Direct Assessment. The graduate program will be a Master of Science in Psychology (MSP) program, and the undergraduate program will be a Bachelor of Science in Health Management (BSHM) program. PHOENIX-( BUSINESS WIRE)- University of Phoenix announces the planned August 1, 2022, launch of two direct assessment competency-based education (CBE-Direct Assessment) programs at the graduate and undergraduate levels with students expected to commence studies in these programs in October 2022.

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