Purdue President Daniels awards prize for competency-based degree to Purdue Polytechnic Institute - Purdue University

Purdue President Mitch Daniels on Thursday (Sept. 4) announced that he has awarded a $500,000 prize to the College of Technology, newly redesigned as Purdue Polytechnic Institute, for a proposal to create a transdisciplinary bachelor’s degree program based on learned and demonstrated competencies. The Purdue Polytechnic Institute is a key element of the university’s Purdue Moves initiatives unveiled by Daniels in early fall 2013. Gary Bertoline, dean of the College of Technology, said the Purdue Polytechnic Institute will serve as a “transformational engine” in the College of Technology by integrating methods of learning that are driven by students’ passions and interests and, importantly, by the needs of the marketplace. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2014/Q3/daniels-awards-prize-for-competency-based-degree-to-purdue-polytechnic-institute.html