Competency-based education is going upmarket. Three brand-name, Big Ten-affiliated institutions are now offering degrees in this emerging form of higher education. Yet the new programs at the ...

Heather Nicholson considers her classroom a “modern-day, one-room schoolhouse.” On a May morning last school year, it was easy to see why. Elementary schoolers sat in one corner, learning Mandarin ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. You may have heard or read the phrase “core competency” lately and wondered if it’s the latest example of meaningless corporate lingo, or ...