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The 4th PEC International Deans Conference is currently taking place in Karachi, Pakistan, with the theme "Engineering as an engine of growth." The conference includes five technical sessions on pressing engineering and growth issues, with renowned engineering academicians from around the world. The conference aims to share best practices, identify issues, and propose solutions related to engineering education quality assurance, industry perspectives, online teaching and assessment, and compliance with the UN Sustainable Development Goals. The conference also seeks to incorporate cultural values and socio-economic challenges of Pakistan into engineering practice, education, and curriculum. [Extracted from the article]

The moot of over 100 luminaries from academia and industry displayed an eagerness to work together and introduce reforms Set aside milestones that the Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC) achieved after Engr. Najeeb Haroon's takeover, Jan 11 academia-industry interaction in Islamabad extracted three results. The industry does not need academia as it is earning profits; academia needs the industry's support. [Extracted from the article]

The article discusses recent major funding secured by Suraasa, a platform focused on teacher workforce development and global teacher mobility, from Reach Capital, ETS, and other strategic investors. Suraasa aims to enhance teacher quality and ensure educators are prepared to meet global standards and integrate into diverse educational systems worldwide. Additionally, Eruditus, a global leader in accessible and affordable high-quality education, raised USD 150 million in Series F funding led by TPG's The Rise Fund, highlighting its growth and impact in career-oriented education globally. [Extracted from the article]

Foundry College is designed to prepare adults for middle-skill jobs that won't leave them vulnerable to losing their livelihoods to a robot in the years to come. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article profiles competency-based learning strategies being adopted by U.S. colleges and universities in 2014 to better serve part time and adult students. Details are given outlining the multifaceted frameworks and principles behind competency-based education, noting how multiple institutions embrace different parts of the model. Accounts are given noting the positive and negative aspects of the model. Criticism defending traditional education is also included.

The article outlines the importance of information and knowledge as key sources of and condition for successful task solving. In this context, the authors have to presuppose that the interval of applicability or stability of certain solutions is becoming shorter. With this, all the solutions made can only be regarded as temporary. The ability to acquire adequate working methods when problems form an inevitable part of managers' professional competence and qualifications.

The article focuses on need of cutting college cost may cultivate free speech can put higher education on right path and Competency Based Education (CBE) is another model Congress should consider supporting to cut costs of higher learning.

The article presents a profile of the outsourced grading system in place at Western Governors University in 2011. Introductory comments are given highlighting the emerging trend of calls for more objective grading by institutions to combat perceived grade inflation and other problems with teacher biases. Two different models of external grading are described, including one by adjunct faculty and staff and one run by computer software. The philosophy behind this trend, known as competency-based education, is also discussed.

Internationalization should affect all students on campus, not just those able to travel, says a book that guides colleges toward that goal. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

How Usman Institute of Technology (UIT) is a relevant engineering institute? UIT is making efforts to produce relevant graduates. [Extracted from the article]

How Hamdard University is relevant to the resolution of issues relating to our industry and the nation? I think if our engineers are useful for our society and also fit for abroad then it is a model that our university should go for. (The interviewed was conducted when he was Hamdard University. [Extracted from the article]

The article reports the opinion of the chief operating officer (COO) of company Udacity, Clarissa Shen where she states that the major factor for future employment in India is outcome-based learning.

The author proposes three ways in which teachers can take existing courses and offer students the chance to assert some measure of control over their own learning. He examines the distinction between performance-based learning and mastery-oriented learning. He describes student-generated exam questions, open assessments and class constitutions.

A good higher education enables a person to come to grips with the world more deeply, broadly, and richly, and thereby to contribute to what the world has to offer. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article reports that the U.S. academic guidelines the Common Core State Standards vary on their definition of proficient by state. The author compares test scores in reading and math from tests given during spring 2015 from Ohio, Illinois, and Massachusetts, explores the inconsistency in the educational standards in each state, and examines the role of the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers in the development of Common Core.

The article presents the author's opinions regarding whether or not current assessment methods make U.S. colleges and universities better, offering a contrary voice to the corresponding article by Erik Gilbert included within the issue. The author suggests that U.S. colleges and universities are focused more on student outcomes and educational quality in the 21st century than previous generations that merely provided a large quantity of topics and resources in classroom instruction.

How the stubborn inertia of educational institutions killed off a successful teaching strategy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Increases in support for public colleges were small. But one thing Gov. Jerry Brown is willing to spend more money on is a fully online community college. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

She puts the focus on online material that allows students to progress at their own pace but doesn't let them get ahead of themselves. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article explores the Flexible Option, a competency-based learning program offered by the University of Wisconsin (UW) which allows students with certain professional experience and skill training to test out of courses as part of a degree program. According to the author, the program could help adults acquire necessary job skills and complete college degrees previously considered unattainable. Technical, logistical, and pedagogical challenges to the program are also discussed.

The author reflects on the use of objective or standardized testing as forms of outcomes assessment in U.S. higher education institutions due to increased demand for educational accountability. He discusses how traditional letter grade systems fail to convey a student's actual knowledge or intellectual growth while standardized tests can be use to effectively measure a student's academic growth. To improve the education system, he suggests collecting data on each student and testing before and after courses.

The article profiles the education policy expert and deputy director for higher education at the research institute New America Foundation Amy Laitinen, and provides information on her goal of promoting competency-based higher education and eliminating credit hour requirements at universities and colleges. The challenges of financial aid and educational accreditation in a competency-based system are examined, and Laitinen's argument that removing credit hours would lower costs and improve outcomes for students is explored.

The article discusses Western Governors University (WGU) Texas, with particular focus given to its achievements in its first year of operation. The university's focus on competency-based education is examined, and its mission of serving working adult students rather than traditional 18-20 year olds, a population which the author states is often underserved by universities, is explored. The university's collaboration with employers to improve opportunities for students upon graduation is also commented on.

The article discusses efforts to improve science, technology, engineering and match (STEM) education in the U.S. after a series of reports showed that many states have low benchmarks for 8th grade science proficiency. It cites "Education to Innovate" initiative that examined student performance, access to learning opportunities and instructional support teachers and schools receive in STEM-related courses. It notes how states must ensure that students meet demands of a competitive workforce.

The article covers a report which found that competency-based education programs are inexpensive to operate but also can take longer to return a profit.

The article announces that Judd Tirnauer was hired as executive vice president and chief financial officer at clothing company Wet Seal LLC, discusses the addition of competency based education at Brandman University and reports on financial performance of banking company Banc of California.

Focuses on the approval of a teacher salary structure based on performance in Denver, Colorado in 2004. Superintendents' support for moves away from the traditional salary structure for teachers; Earning of raises if students meet academic standards; Teachers Jeremy Abshire and Valeri Kershaw's support for the program.

The article reports on the efforts of the education consultancy organization Entangled Solutions to promote a new framework for university and college accreditation in the United States. Topics addressed include the proposal's focus on assessment through students' feedback after graduating and student learning metrics, the costs and expectations of the framework, and commentary on its strengths and weaknesses by educational experts.

The article discusses the competency-based model of the online teacher education school Woodrow Wilson Academy of Teaching and Learning, a partnership between Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation leader Arthur Levine and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Topics include the role of education degrees as credentials, the role of mentoring in teacher education, and the evaluation of teaching effectiveness.

The article discusses trends surrounding the concept of competency-based learning in U.S. colleges and universities as of 2015. Topics addressed include an overview of the concept's history beginning in the writings of educator Walter A. Jessup in 1937, several competing factors in college administration priorities such as educational quality, rigor, and equality; and examples of how the idea is being reconsidered and implemented in the 21st century.

The article discusses the possible adoption of competency-based education by U.S. colleges and universities. Topics include the U.S. transition from an industrial economy to an information economy, the offering of online courses by organizations outside higher education, and research on the psychology of learning in relation to course length.

The article discusses innovation in U.S. higher education in relation to access to education and social inclusion. Topics include the use of competency-based education, the notion of higher education curriculum unbundling, and the need for mentoring and guidance for underserved students. The role of a coherent educational experience for preventing college dropouts is noted.

An interview of Southern New Hampshire University president Paul J. LeBlanc is presented. He discusses competency-based education. He address the measurement of learning, noting different assessment abilities for differing academic disciplines, particularly the humanities and music. The use of competency-based education by nontraditional students is noted. LeBlanc's role as a U.S. Department of Education adviser is mentioned.

The article discusses the job market experiences of graduates from the competency-based degree program at Texas A&M University at Commerce, Texas. Topics include the costs and funding of the program, the development of the curriculum for nontraditional students, and the knowledge of employers regarding the program in relation to job qualifications as competencies.

Emphasizes the efforts of colleges to seek ways to help illiterate adults in the U.S. Adult basic-education programs being offered by some colleges; Difficulty in defining and measuring functional illiteracy; Use of competency-based education method for teaching and testing in the education programs.

The article presents the principal recommendations of the Presidents' Commission on Foreign Languages and International Studies in the U.S. Regional centers funded by the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) should reinvestigate and upgrade the foreign language and teaching competencies of teachers of foreign language of all levels. Schools, colleges, and universities should reinstate foreign language requirements. The DOE should provide incentive funding to schools for foreign language teaching. INSET: Members of President's Foreign-Language Commission.

The article presents a calendar of events related to education in the United States for the month of May 1988. They include a regional conference on competency-based education at Guilford Technical Community College in High Point, North Carolina, the Council for Advancement and Support of Education conference titled "Writing Winning Proposals" at Saint Louis, Missouri, and the annual meeting of the Western Association of College and University Business Officers at San Diego, California.

The article discusses the criticisms by faculty members and alumni on the competency-based curriculum at Alverno College in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Instituted in 1973, the changed has meant a thorough recasting of the curriculum. One biology professor accuses the college of denying her right to a continuous full-time appointment after six years on the faculty. Meanwhile, the effect of the program on student's is still unclear due to the different assessments that they received.

The article discusses a report from the organization American Educational Research Association that found that performance-based funding of higher-education in Washington State did not significantly increase graduation and retention rates, except for community college short-term certificates.

The article discusses ways educators in the U.S. can use an instructional management solution to establish a successful performance-based K-12 classroom. These include building positive relationships between teachers and students, viewing students' academic performance as well as their behaviors, and identifying the academic or behavioral challenges of students. Also noted is the need for educators to activate a parent-student online portal.

The article offers information on the sustainable blended learning policies and educational models in the schools of New Hampshire. Researcher Julia Freeland of the Clayton Christensen Institute notes that blended learning supports competency-based learning in terms of online content, delivery of assessments, and tools for personalized education. She adds that the New Hampshire Department of Education has mandated that schools assess learning in terms of competency and not by credit hours.

The article reports on 2014 additions to the Missouri state budget made by members of the state's legislature that have raised doubts about Missouri's embrace of competency-based education. Topics discussed include Missouri's relationship with the online-based Western Governors University, the state's college scholarship programs, and the connections between prior learning and competency-based education.

The article discusses experimental education programs and California's Lindsay Unified School District which is employing competency-based learning techniques rather than traditional age-based grade levels as of 2014, focusing on classes where students of different ages are taught the same content.

The article discusses legislative issues in U.S. states that relate to higher education as of December 2013. Issues addressed include in-state tuition for illegal immigrants at public colleges and universities, gun rights on higher education institution campuses, and online and competency-based education credentials at public institutions.