Central New Mexico Flex Program AAS Discontinued

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This is a bigger discussion point than this thread, but it seems that self-paced/CBE is fantastic for motivated people who want to  move quickly toward a degree, but clearly a lot of people don’t fit that. This is anecdotal and I haven’t been able to find any number behind it BUT… I have a relative who used to work in IT for a community college in Kentucky when they rolled out their self paced learning format (called Learn on Demand).  His understanding was they viewed the whole thing as a failure. They had a handful of students who finished courses/degrees “too quickly” and more incompletes/failures than was typical in their system, so they discontinued the format. Again, that’s a former IT guy’s perspective on one college, BUT…I would love to know if that is a pattern that is duplicated elsewhere. A lot of people need structure and self-paces/CBE provides very little of that.

That is an interesting viewpoint.  I can only speak of my own experience and say that I agree.  I know I need some structure.   I currently have Coursera Plus and Sophia.  Cost me a few hundred total.  I get through some stuff…. Then I don’t touch it for a while.  Then I think… oh crap… I could have gotten a lot more done if I stuck to it better.  I will plan to do better the next day, but I have a load of laundry waiting for me and the next episode of The Flash or The Rookie is on.  Can’t miss my shows.  LOL.    I tried the free term at Walden.  I got all the non credit courses done.  Then procrastinated on my first paper.  Got that done.  Made progress on the second one.  Then the term ended and I hadn’t completely finished a single course.  For me, I probably need a true at your own pace, but at a flat rate per credit, not based on how long it would take me. (So my procrastination won’t cost me $$$).   But I think that only exists at ENEB or California Coast University… but that has different issues.