UW System to roll out Flex Options - Erica Breunlin, Milwaukee Business Times

With a potential 700,000 to 1 million Wisconsin residents sitting on partial college credit, the University of Wisconsin System is stepping outside traditional education models to help working adults and older students complete degrees and more importantly develop skills needed by today's workforce. While the traditional measure of progress toward a degree is based on credit hours and seat time, defined as the number of hours a student spends in class, this new vehicle of learning, the UW Flex Option Program, emphasizes outcome measures. The program will debut at UW-Milwaukee late this fall with four degree tracks and one certificate opportunity – two nursing degrees, a bachelor's degree in diagnostic imaging, a Bachelor of Science degree in information science and technology, and a certificate in professional and technical communication. UW Colleges also will roll out the flex option this fall through 23 general education courses within its associate of arts and sciences degree. http://www.biztimes.com/article/20130401/MAGAZINE03/303279979/-1/Government/UW-System-to-roll-out-Flex-Options