{"id":849,"date":"2016-01-15T13:11:48","date_gmt":"2016-01-15T19:11:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/undergraduate-education\/?page_id=849"},"modified":"2023-08-14T14:29:22","modified_gmt":"2023-08-14T19:29:22","slug":"competency-based-education","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/student-resources-old\/competency-based-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Competency-Based Education"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content copy\">\n<p>The University of Wisconsin System is a national leader in competency-based education. Competency-based education (CBE) awards college credit based on competency\u2014the knowledge, skills, and abilities students can demonstrate\u2014not classroom time. The UW System\u2019s competency-based educational programs are designed to serve the hundreds of thousands of Wisconsin residents with some college credits but no degree through convenient delivery models.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/flex.wisconsin.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The UW Flexible Option<\/a>: The University of Wisconsin Flexible Option provides a personalized, convenient, and affordable way for adults and other nontraditional students to earn a University of Wisconsin degree or certificate while balancing work, family, and other commitments.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>See also:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/student-resources\/high-school\/\">College Credit for High School Students<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwhelp.wisconsin.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UW HELP<\/a> has resources and information on admission requirements, majors and programs, campus tours, college costs and financial aid, housing, and more<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The University of Wisconsin System is a national leader in competency-based education. Competency-based education (CBE) awards college credit based on competency\u2014the knowledge, skills, and abilities students can demonstrate\u2014not classroom time. The UW System\u2019s competency-based educational programs are designed to serve the hundreds of thousands of Wisconsin residents with some college credits but no degree through [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":105,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-849","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/student-resources-old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/849","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/student-resources-old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/student-resources-old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/student-resources-old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/105"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/student-resources-old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=849"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/student-resources-old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/849\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2120,"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/student-resources-old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/849\/revisions\/2120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/student-resources-old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}