This Field Guide provides colleges, higher education systems, and state education agencies with a start-to-finish process to guide their own competency-based education (CBE) planning efforts. We developed the guide to address a question often considered in the higher education community: How might postsecondary institutions better support learners’ credential completion and job placement through more flexible educational offerings and supportive services? The intention of this guide is to highlight the deliberate process required to holistically research, plan, and gain buy-in before deciding to move forward with program implementation. Here are five of the 17 recommendations listed:

• Design and Implement a Subscription Service Model for the ALIGN Model
• Evaluate Existing Certifications and Credentials Managing Change
• Create Integrated Career Clusters
• Develop Common Formative and Summative Assessment Tools
• Provide Targeted Professional Development Tools & Resources Opportunities for Faculty and Staff to Build Capacity for Implementation of the ALIGN Model

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