The Effect of Life-Experience Credits on Admissions to Graduate School.

Watsky, Claire

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The Effect of Life-Experience Credits on Admissions to Graduate School

Watsky, Claire

Alternative Higher Education: The Journal of Nontraditional Studies, 2, 3, 232-6, Spr 78

Results of a 13-item questionnaire mailed to Iona College graduates who had received "life experience" credits as part of their undergraduate degree are presented. The purpose of the study was to determine the acceptability of life-experience credits by graduate schools to improve advising and advocacy activities. (Author/LBH)

Descriptors: Admission Criteria, College Credits, Credentials, Experiential Learning, Followup Studies, Graduate Study, Graduate Surveys, Higher Education, Nontraditional Students, Prior Learning, Special Degree Programs, Student Experience

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