Hammond: We must consider new ways for adults to complete their education
Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN Texas The following statement may be attributed to Bill Hammond CEO Texas Association of Business:
We urge the House Higher Education Committee to endorse the use of prior learning assessments. That would allow Texans to get full college credit for the skills they already have and speed up their time to get a degree or other post-secondary certificate" said Bill Hammond CEO Texas Association of Business.
We also believe the WGU Texas model of competency based education would be another good way to help adults who dropped out of college get a degree in a minimal amount of time and with fewer dollars two major issues that stand in the way of many people completing their education.
If we are to meet the goal of the 60x30TX plan we must reach out to the many Texans who have made progress on a college degree but havent completed it thus turning them into graduates."
