University of Kansas is looking to add Competency-Based Education

[Courcelles]

For some reason UK tends to mean the University of Kentucky. No idea why.

[Jonathan Whatley]

Similarly the University of Colorado abbreviates itself CU.

[bjcheung77]

Due to several schools having similar letters in the name, it's like Harvard University and Howard University, HU can stand for either, but I think for most people, they associate it with Howard University over Harvard...

[ss20ts]

For some reason UK tends to mean the University of Kentucky.  No idea why.

Sports?

[bluebooger]

For some reason UK tends to mean the University of Kentucky.  No idea why.

because the U stands for University and the K stands for Kentucky

[fmsoa]

Growing up watching the old Big 8 football, it might just be a distinguishing feature of the conference. University of Colorado (CU), University of Kansas (KU), University of Missouri (MU), University of Nebraska (NU), and University of Oklahoma (OU) all adopted this convention.

I don't think the naming has much to do with Kentucky as both University of Kansas & University of Kentucky were established at about the same time but University of Kentucky was initially named the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Kentucky, much like Texas AMC (Texas A&M) and Louisiana State University and AMC (LSU)

[Jonathan Whatley]

KU just just submitted an application to its regional accreditor to offer a competency-based master's in project management. Like its also under development master's in human and organizational performance effectiveness, the master's in project management will also be housed at KU's School of Professional Studies, not KU School of Business, so not AACSB.

[FireMedic_Philosopher]

The University of Kansas has proposals before the Kansas Board of Regents for an MS in Human & Organization Performance Effectiveness that would be offered in a CBE format (and also in a course-based hybrid format), and a MS in Education in Secondary STEM Education that would be offered in CBE format.

The MS in Human & Organization Performance Effectiveness is from the School of Professional Studies, not the business school, and it would not be AACSB.

The MS in Education in Secondary STEM Education is an alternate licensure program designed to prepare new entrants for Kansas teaching licenses. The program will include teaching placements.

Proposed CBE tuition for each is $14,000 per year.

$14K per year? That feels steep for these programs. I mean you can go to grad school and spend less than that in a tradition program and a CBE program from other colleges. Not even AACSB is not a positive. 

Things like this make me wonder who comes up with these ideas? Do they see a school like WGU be wildly successful and think hey we can do that and charge triple.....we'll make a killing without doing true research into what it takes to make these programs successful?

It is Kansas...
They figure it will be a money maker for folks that want to put the name on the Resume.

[Courcelles]

And how often will the AACSB issue matter? Who is going to check deeper than “candidate has a verified degree from an R1, AAU university with an AACSB business school.”

[ss20ts]

And how often will the AACSB issue matter?  Who is going to check deeper than “candidate has a verified degree from an R1, AAU university with an AACSB business school.”

For most people the business program accreditation doesn't matter. If one went into to academia, it may matter. But for most people the degree is a check box and as long as it's RA you're fine.