It focuses on competencies rather than credit hours

It is faster

It is more expensive

It has fixed timing for completion

Central in ensuring quality of programs

Not involved in program design

Only responsible for lectures

Limited involvement

To increase tuition fees

To focus on credit hours

To replace competency-based education

To assess learning outside of academic programs

Keeping communication vague

Avoiding repetition

Providing specific examples

Using complex jargon

Higher tuition fees

Limited interaction with faculty

Fixed timing for completion

Personalized pathways for mastery of competencies

By having no assessment methods

By reducing faculty involvement

By using third-party partners to validate competencies

By increasing tuition costs

They are the same thing

They are unrelated

CBE focuses on credit hours, PLA on competencies

CBE is about learning journey, PLA is about assessment

Time spent in a classroom

Number of courses completed

Mastery of competencies

Attendance in lectures

Anticipating questions and preparing responses

Keeping communication complex

Using only one pathway and message

Avoiding preparation of responses

Traditional education has fixed timing

Traditional education focuses on competencies

Competency-based education is more expensive

Competency-based education is self-paced

By limiting student progress

By providing proactive guidance and support

By having no faculty involvement

By increasing tuition fees

To increase time spent in a classroom

To provide fixed pathways for all students

To ensure mastery of competencies

To eliminate faculty roles

By using complex jargon

By not repeating key points

By avoiding specific examples

By providing transparent yet flexible pathways

No impact on workforce skills

Building a stronger workforce

Decreasing employer assurance

Increasing tuition costs for employers