Brandman U. Gets Green Light for Direct Assessment - Inside Higher Ed

Brandman University this week announced that the U.S. Department of Education had approved its application to offer federal financial aid for an emerging form of competency-based education. The university is the fourth institution to get the nod from the department for "direct assessment" degrees, which are decoupled from the credit-hour standard. https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2014/10/16/brandman-u-gets-green-light-direct-assessment