Saving Higher Education: The Integrated, Competency-Based Three-Year Bachelor's Degree Program

Colleges and universities are under pressure from the government, students, and parents to make higher education more efficient and cost-effective. Based on Southern New Hampshire University s highly successful competency-based three-year bachelors degree program the longest running in the country this book provides a blueprint for creating, sustaining, and growing such a program at an institution of any type and size. The book offers a proven model that not only cuts student costs by 25%, but significantly reduces program delivery costs. The 120-credit six-semester competency-based integrated curriculum approach focuses on student learning as opposed to seat-time, and research shows above average academic student success.