What if money is not an issue? Online Business Degree

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What is CBE? Thanks

Competency-based Education

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What is CBE? Thanks

Competency Based Education. In this context, we're referring to courses where you are allowed to move as rapidly as you're capable instead of having to adhere to a fixed semeter or term schedule. Typically, they use a fairly small number of tests, papers or projects instead of a large amount of traditional homework.

Schools that specialize in CBE often are priced by the term rather than by the credit or by the course. This means that if you are unable to move rapidly, either because you need time to learn or you are trying to work and study at the same time, they can become quite costly. Conversely, people who have lots of prior knowledge or are willing to commit lots of time can accomplish in 1 year (or even less) what might take 4 years at a traditional school and save a lot of money,.

Many of the alt credit providers are also structured this way and will charge monthly subscription fees rather than per course fees.

CBE - you pay by time rather than by course; so as many courses as you can complete in a set amount of time.