Competency - based education is a strategy that
awards academic credit to learners who demonstrate content mastery in a specific subject.
Not exact matches
Or consider the following finding: 76 per cent of undergraduates trust their faculties, and yet this «trust» is surely strained by the «inflation of grades by faculty [as well as by] competitive
awarding of
academic credit by some departments and by some institutions for insufficient and inadequate work.»
Qualifi has recognized the quality of IIN's Health Coach Training Program (HCTP) and, through their accreditation status, has
awarded HCTP with the equivalent of 120 UK
credits and 30 U.S.
academic credits.
They include Emily Callahan and Amber Jackson, who are using their skills and intellect to turn oil rigs into coral reefs; Nate Parker, the activist filmmaker, writer, humanitarian and director of The Birth of a Nation; Scott Harrison, the founder of Charity Water, whose projects are delivering clean water to over 6 million people; Anthony D. Romero, the executive director of the ACLU, who has dedicated his life to protecting the liberties of Americans; Louise Psihoyos, the
award - winning filmmaker and executive director of the Oceanic Preservation Society; Jennifer Jacquet, an environmental social scientist who focuses on large - scale cooperation dilemmas and is the author of «Is Shame Necessary»; Brent Stapelkamp, whose work promotes ways to mitigate the conflict between lions and livestock owners and who is the last researcher to have tracked famed Cecil the Lion; Fabio Zaffagnini, creator of Rockin» 1000, co-founder of Trail Me Up, and an expert in crowd funding and social innovation; Alan Eustace, who worked with the StratEx team responsible for the highest exit altitude skydive; Renaud Laplanche, founder and CEO of the Lending Club — the world's largest online
credit marketplace working to make loans more affordable and returns more solid; the Suskind Family, who developed the «affinity therapy» that's showing broad success in addressing the core social communication deficits of autism; Jenna Arnold and Greg Segal, whose goal is to flip supply and demand for organ transplants and build the country's first central organ donor registry, creating more culturally relevant ways for people to share their donor wishes; Adam Foss, founder of SCDAO, a reading project designed to bridge the achievement gap of area elementary school students, Hilde Kate Lysiak (age 9) and sister Isabel Rose (age 12), Publishers of the Orange Street News that has received widespread acclaim for its reporting, and Max Kenner, the man responsible for the Bard Prison Initiative which enrolls incarcerated individuals in
academic programs culminating ultimately in college degrees.
; Scott Harrison, the founder of Charity Water, whose projects are delivering clean water to over 6 million people; Anthony D. Romero, the executive director of the ACLU, who has dedicated his life to protecting the liberties of Americans; Louise Psihoyos, the
award - winning filmmaker and executive director of the Oceanic Preservation Society; Jennifer Jacquet, an environmental social scientist who focuses on large - scale cooperation dilemmas and is the author of «Is Shame Necessary»; Brent Stapelkamp, whose work promotes ways to mitigate the conflict between lions and livestock owners and who is the last researcher to have tracked famed Cecil the Lion; Fabio Zaffagnini, creator of Rockin» 1000, co-founder of Trail Me Up, and an expert in crowd funding and social innovation; Alan Eustace, who worked with the StratEx team responsible for the highest exit altitude skydive; Renaud Laplanche, founder and CEO of the Lending Club — the world's largest online
credit marketplace working to make loans more affordable and returns more solid; the Suskind Family, who developed the «affinity therapy» that's showing broad success in addressing the core social communication deficits of autism; Jenna Arnold and Greg Segal, whose goal is to flip supply and demand for organ transplants and build the country's first central organ donor registry, creating more culturally relevant ways for people to share their donor wishes; Adam Foss, founder of SCDAO, a reading project designed to bridge the achievement gap of area elementary school students, Hilde Kate Lysiak (age 9) and sister Isabel Rose (age 12), Publishers of the Orange Street News that has received widespread acclaim for its reporting, and Max Kenner, the man responsible for the Bard Prison Initiative which enrolls incarcerated individuals in
academic programs culminating ultimately in college degrees.
The «Secondary
Academic Indicators» include a bunch more value added metrics (test scores), college admissions test participation rate, dual enrollment
credits, industry credentials, honors diplomas
awarded, AP participation rate, AP score (more test scores), IB participate rate, IB score (more tests), College / Career - Ready Assessment (another test?)
Accordingly, they place high value on priorities such as staffing their faculty with doctorate - level researchers, giving their professors
academic freedom regarding how they structure their courses, expanding their course offerings, and
awarding degrees based on students» completion of seat - time - based
credit hours.
The high school pays the costs of the community college course, provides
academic support for the student on the high school campus, and
awards high school
credit for the course.
Federal district in South Carolina has ruled that a school district's
award of
academic credit for of - campus religious instriction does not violate the First Amendment's Establishment Clause.
Bright Futures
award per
credit hour or
credit hour equivalent for the 2012 - 2013
academic year shall be as follows:
Competency - Based Education, also known as Competency - Based Learning, is a K - 12 and higher education practice that provides flexibility in
awarding credits for
academic courses.
Academic credit can be
awarded for internship work experiences, however it is not required.
The intention to complete requirements outside The Cooper Union requires a meeting with the appropriate
academic adviser or faculty member in order to obtain advance approval of the potential substitute course, and to confirm the minimum grade required in order for transfer
credit to be
awarded.
Avvo enables attorneys to publish what's basically a web - based resume, supplying a location to list out
academic and history of employment, publication
credits,
awards, and significant cases.
The Department of Education & Skills and the Higher Education Authority consider a person to be in full - time education where s / he is attending, a course which
awards 60 ECTS
credits * per annum within the traditional
academic year of September to May.