Educate Online
Educate Online is building on its expertise in competency-based education to provide comprehensive program management services to higher education institutions that want to bring differentiated CBE degree programs to their students.
Boston, MA (PRWEB) October 20, 2014
Educate Online launched their new Competency-based Education Program Management Partnership for higher education institutions, today, at the New England Board of Higher Education’s (NEBHE) conference “The Case for Competency-based Education: A New Age for Teaching and Learning.”
Educate Online has been bringing competency-based instructional services producing documented outcomes to the K-20 market since 2002, and is now building on its expertise in competency-based education to provide comprehensive program management services to higher education institutions that want to bring differentiated CBE degree programs to their students.
In 2012 CBE was in its infancy with just a limited number of higher education institutions either offering or considering CBE. According to a recent Inside Higher Ed article (July 23, 2014),over the last 24 months “now more than 350 institutions currently offer or are seeking to create such degree tracks.” This number is expected to continue to grow at a rapid pace.
The Educate Online Program Management Partnership model comes at a time when many colleges and universities are considering how to identify and drive new student enrollments, and graduate students with the competencies they need to be “job-ready” candidates.
Educate Online CBE Program Management Partnerships will helps institutions:
- drive enrollments that generate incremental revenue to fund strategic initiatives
- provide competitive differentiation to attract students focused on job readiness
- educate non-traditional students that require more flexibility
- align with employer needs and boost economic development
Educate Online is able to deliver on their Competency-based Program Management Partnerships with a capital efficient business model that delivers comprehensive services including program assessments, marketing, recruiting, enrollment management, program design, program hosting, student and business services; and a next generation CBE technology platform to develop and delivery CBE programs.
“There is great momentum in higher education around CBE programs, but it’s not always easy for institutions to quickly develop, launch and manage these types of programs with their existing resources”, said Carol Vallone, Chief Executive Officer of Educate Online. “We have a business model that leverages our expertise, history and partners to bring a comprehensive CBE program management model to higher education institutions and enable highly differentiated CBE programs that will drive new enrollments.”
“Competency-based education is top-of-mind at institutions of all types and across the nation. They understand the opportunity it presents to deliver on the promise of high quality, personalized, outcomes-based experiences for all types of learners. Today’s NEBHE event is a strong validation of that—bringing together nearly 500 educators from a wide variety of institutions, “ said Michael Thomas, President and Chief Executive Officer of the New England Board of Higher Education. “Educate Online’s new service launch positions them as leaders in responding to our member institution’s emerging CBE needs and objectives.”
For more information:
Lisa Philpott
Lisa.Philpott(at)educate-online(dot)com
978-624-7003