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What’s the Key to Success in Competency-based Education? Ask a UW Flex Academic Success Coach

May 7, 2014 -

Mentor, coach, key navigator, academic adviser, all-around “go-to” person — in the new University of Wisconsin Flexible Option competency-based degree programs, this person is known as the Academic Success Coach (ASC). ASCs are assigned to every student admitted to the UW Flexible Option. They’re at the center of a support system designed to help students earn the degree they need to move ahead in their careers.

So, just what are ASCs, what is their role in UW Flex, and most importantly, how do they help students? Our staff sat down with UW Flex ASCs Nadia Kaminski, Kristin Hoffmann and Mike Exum to find out. [Read more…] about What’s the Key to Success in Competency-based Education? Ask a UW Flex Academic Success Coach

Five Strategies for Finding Time to Go Back to School with Kids

May 29, 2014 -

Racing to get the kids to school before work, running errands after work, rushing to help get the kids’ homework done—all before you can even consider starting your homework. For many adults, balancing family and work is a challenge. Add the stress of returning to school, and many adult students find the experience overwhelming. If this sounds familiar, you’re not alone! With a growing number of adults, many of them parents, seeking their degree, universities across the country are working to accommodate the needs of nontraditional students. Now, competency-based degree programs are rising to the top of the heap as an ideal way to earn a degree for parents on an already hectic schedule. [Read more…] about Five Strategies for Finding Time to Go Back to School with Kids

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