For example, federal financial aid policies would need to be recast to ensure that bad actors do not exploit competency-based approaches. My own view is that conventional colleges and universities ...

California’s community colleges are experimenting with a new model, known as competency-based education, but at one school, it’s created a divide between faculty and college administrators.

At the Parker-Varney School in Manchester, N.H., students practice core skills together and independently, using competency-based education methods. (Dan Joseph) ...