CBE at KU Updates 03.20.2024

Highlights

• CBExchange 2024 (Colorado Springs) - Call for Proposals now open. Submit by this Friday, March 22.

• Jayhawk Flex IT Roadmap Workshop taking place Thursday March 21 from 12:00-5:00 at St. Andrews. If you don’t have the details and would like to be included, please reach out to Jessica.

Next Leadership Advance: April 25

Jayhawk Flex IT Roadmap Workshop: March 21

Next Steering Committee: April 10

Strand Updates

Business Processes & Systems

Leader: Nick Stevens

Next Meeting: Apr 4

Working draft of 10-year Academic Calendar complete. Ryan Specht-Boardman engaged to help draft initial academic calendar and financial aid policies over the next 4-6 weeks.

Credit Equivalency Workgroup met and made a working decision: Flex programs should have 1-2 competencies per credit hour. See additional guidance here.

Curriculum & Learning

Leader: Kelli Feldman

Next Meeting: Mar 27

Held an initial discussion around the vision for KU’s Credit for Prior Learning strategy for Jayhawk Flex. Reviewed KBOR guidelines for Credit for Prior Learning (CPL), as well as HLC considerations.

In our next meeting we’ll begin drafting guidelines for KU’s approach to Credit for Prior Learning.

Information Technology

Leader: Ed Hudson

Next Meeting: TBD

Cross-strand Technology Roadmap workshop is scheduled for March 21 at St. Andrews Office Facility from 12:00-5:00pm. If you don’t have the invite and would like to be part of this discussion, please reach out to Jessica or Ed.

Policy & Regulatory Compliance

Leader: Jennifer Roberts

Next Meeting: Apr 4

Working across strands to gather the components of the HLC application, with goal of submitting the CBE Project Management program to HLC later this Spring.

HOPE & STEM programs were submitted to KBOR on Feb 21.  The programs will go through layers of approval that spans from February - June

Student Journey Supports

Leader: Misty Chandler

Next Meeting: Apr 1

In our last meeting we finished reviewing and categorizing items on the Student Support Model.

Starting to visualize what degree completion & graduation should look & feel like for a CBE learner.