Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, the higher education landscape in America is changing to meet the demands of the ever more technologically engaged student population, as well as meeting the needs of adults who are coming back to college after some time in the workforce. One of the most exciting innovations is competency-based education, which takes traditional degrees and college courses and maps them to specific skill sets or knowledge pieces, known as ``competencies.'' A student progresses through a course by mastering these skill sets and obtaining the knowledge to prove they understand the concept. Many of these students are individuals returning to college after an interrupted first attempt where they dropped out of college. As Mr. Salmon said, many are veterans with skills that have not yet been equated to coursework. Now they hope to improve their skills and further their careers, but these adults have already been learning skills along the way through their jobs and life experiences. Competency-based education allows students to move quickly through concepts they understand and spend more time focusing on skills that they need. Additionally, many of these programs apply the skills or concepts to real-world problems that students may have faced in their workplaces or in their families, which helps create a habit of continual learning and application.…”