Texas rolls out Workforce Pell and boosts competency-based programs to speed credential completion
THECB and institutional witnesses described rapid implementation of federal Workforce Pell (state developed list of high-wage occupations and initial 12 programs under federal review) and expanded competency-based offerings to help Texans earn credentials faster and with less debt.
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The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board and multiple institutions described efforts to speed credential completion by expanding competency-based education (CBE) models and implementing the federal Workforce Pell waiver to allow Pell for short-term high-demand programs.
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