University of Kansas is looking to add Competency-Based Education

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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?

KU is a big name school nationwide (especially here in the midwest) , WGU is still and always be lesser in the eyes of the general public given its an online only school. KU doesnt need to offer cheap CBE degrees like places such as UMPI. People will pay it or they dont, regardless people will go to KU. They are not going to just sell their name and reputation for nothing.

The MS is not in the business school so obviously it wont be accredited by a business accreditation body