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Download full textWashington Higher Education Coordinating Board, 2011
The Higher Education Opportunity Act (E2SHB 1795), passed by the Legislature in 2011, identified prior learning assessment (PLA) as an innovative means for improving degree and certificate attainment and improving cost effectiveness and efficiency within Washington's higher education system. The Act defines prior learning as "the knowledge…
Descriptors: Prior Learning, Higher Education, College Credits, Adult Students
Valentine, John – New Directions for Experiential Learning, 1980
A description is given of the system developed by the College Board during the past three decades through which, on the basis of examination, more than 1,500 colleges award degree credit for prior learning. Over 140,000 individuals take the examinations each year. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: College Credits, Equivalency Tests, Evaluation Methods, Experiential Learning
Swift, John S., Jr.; McHugh, Ted – College Board Review, 1986
Using the General Examinations of the College Level Examination Program to recognize prior learning can increase institutional income while reducing student costs. Recent studies at the University of Toledo are described. (MLW)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Students, Educational Finance, General Education
