GEARING UP:

How Competencies Enable the Agile Work-Learn Model

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Create an education model as agile as today's working adult learner

The way we buy products became drastically easier when Amazon redesigned the shopper experience. Goods became less expensive and more accessible. Similarly, there are a few key steps academic institutions can take to design a learner experience that works better for everyone.

The successful educational model of the future will be accessible, flexible, and clearly aligned to skills needed for economic mobility. Is your school ready to build the future of higher education?

This report will provide valuable insight for higher education institutions looking to:

  • Build agile, work-and-learn programs
  • Better support for more working adult student
  • Make higher education more inclusive and equitable

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About the Authors
Charla Long, PhD

Executive Director for the Competency-Based Education Network (C-BEN)

Dr. Charla Long is the executive director for the Competency-Based Education Network (C-BEN), an international consortium of higher education institutions and statewide systems seeking to design, develop, and scale new models of student learning. Additionally, she leads C-BEN’s Consulting Services, which is dedicated to helping institutions with competency-based learning. In 2016, Long was recognized by The Chronicle of Higher Education as one of the Top 10 Most Influential People in Higher Education for her work in competency-based education.

Lisa McIntyre-Hite, PhD

Vice President of Learning Innovation, Guild Education

Dr. Lisa McIntyre-Hite is a Vice President of Learning Innovation at Guild Education. Prior to joining Guild, she was vice president at Pathstream, an ed-tech start-up incubated at Entangled Solutions, where she served as a strategic advisor focused on higher education futures. McIntyre-Hite was the founding dean for competency-based education and executive director for learning innovation at Laureate Education where she developed its direct-assessment offering, seeing it through from pilot to scale. Her professional passion is rooted in the desire to take measurable steps to address inequity in educational systems and to expand access to high-quality, personalized learning ecosystems. Her research in CBE and learning innovation has been published by the Clayton Christensen Institute and is published in several peer-reviewed journals. McIntyre-Hite serves on the board of directors for the C-BEN and American Institutes of Research Advisory Board for Competency-Based Education and Learning.

Kevin Rockmael

Senior Principal of Marketing, Guild Education

Kevin is a Senior Principal of Marketing at Guild’s Learning Marketplace. He has worked in the education space as a marketer for 20+ years. Most recently Kevin served as Marketing Partner for the Entangled Group, a venture studio focused on helping education
technology companies catalyze growth. He has been a disabilities advocate for decades and supports future business leaders with disabilities through the Riordan MBA Fellows Program at UCLA.

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Alex Cannon

Manager, Content & Marketing

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Anna Jiang Edwards

Business Development Executive

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Lisa McIntyre-Hite, PhD

Business Development Executive

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"Traditional admissions requirements such as standardized admissions exams fail to capture the learning they have acquired while working and managing a family."

- Eloy Oakley, Chancellor of California Community Colleges

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