How does the WGU competency-based degree program work? How is it different from other virtual university programs?
RWM: Competency-based degrees are based on students demonstrating what they know and can do rather than on their completion of required courses or credit hours. All learning counts toward a degree, whether it was gained through work, academic, or life experiences. When we create a competency-based degree, we use a program council of national experts from academia and industry to define the competencies that are expected of a graduate in that field. We then work with the WGU assessment council to define how to measure these competencies, and we generally contract out for the development of these assessments. Students must complete these assessments to earn a WGU degree. Finally, we identify university and commercial courses and other Internet learning resources and map them to the competencies. Students use these courses and learning resources, which come from third parties, to gain the competencies they lack. Instruction is provided by the course providers, but WGU’s faculty act as men
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