CBE at KU Updates 03.27.2024
Highlights
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Developing program development timelines with approval pathways for each Inaugural Flex Program. These will be shared in the next few weeks.
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Jayhawk Flex IT Roadmap Workshop was held on Thursday March 21 - see output from the workshop here.
Next Leadership Advance: April 25
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: Apr 10
Reviewed Assessor Staffing Model and discussed application with inaugural programs initially and once scaled.
In our next meeting we’ll continue discussions on Credit for Prior Learning.
Information Technology
Leader: Ed Hudson
Next Meeting: Apr 4
Jayhawk Flex IT Roadmap Workshop was held on Thursday March 21 - see output from the workshop here.
IT’s action items from the workshop included scheduling some demos for Canvas add-ons (eLumen Insights, Canvas Credentials, Canvas Catalog), beginning to test Kite integration with Canvas and creating a rubric for 3rd party tools.
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 by end of May.
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.