Central New Mexico Flex Program AAS Discontinued

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This is a bigger discussion point than this thread, but it seems that self-paced/CBE is fantastic for motivated people who want to  move quickly toward a degree, but clearly a lot of people don’t fit that. This is anecdotal and I haven’t been able to find any number behind it BUT… I have a relative who used to work in IT for a community college in Kentucky when they rolled out their self paced learning format (called Learn on Demand).  His understanding was they viewed the whole thing as a failure. They had a handful of students who finished courses/degrees “too quickly” and more incompletes/failures than was typical in their system, so they discontinued the format. Again, that’s a former IT guy’s perspective on one college, BUT…I would love to know if that is a pattern that is duplicated elsewhere. A lot of people need structure and self-paces/CBE provides very little of that.

WGU is completely based on the CBE approach. They have been at this for decades. It's not a system where results happen quickly and students need support which many CBE programs lack. WGU has over 100,000 enrolled students so they have it figured out. It is not a method for everyone. It takes discipline and motivation. 


What are the graduation rates at that community college in Kentucky? CC grad rates are extremely low in general. KY is one of those states that tends to rank in the bottom half of the nation.