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Download full textFalkenstern, Colleen – Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education, 2020
This brief is part of a broad landscape analysis focused on policy and practice issues related to the recognition of prior learning. The landscape analysis focuses on issues arising in the practice of the recognition of prior learning, policies that encourage or limit its adoption, and key research needs and future directions for the field. This…
Descriptors: Prior Learning, Adult Students, Recognition (Achievement), College Credits
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Direct linkAdams, Shirley M.; Wilder, Linda – Journal of Continuing Higher Education, 2016
The history of Prior Learning Assessment (PLA) can be traced back to World War II when the American Council on Education (ACE) began conducting credit evaluations of military training. However, it wasn't until the 1970s with the inception of adult-serving colleges such as Charter Oak State College (COSC) and others, the altering of ACE to expand…
Descriptors: Prior Learning, Scholarships, Higher Education, Adult Students
Beaver, William; Paul, Stephen T. – Mid-Western Educational Researcher, 2007
The Educational Testing Service (ETS) created the College Level Examination Program (CLEP) in 1965 and over the years it has become a staple of American higher education. In order to better understand the ramifications of the CLEP program, this article provides a brief history of CLEP and reexamines some of the findings of earlier research. The…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Grade Point Average, Private Colleges, Educational Testing
