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Leveraging a Lifetime of Knowledge: How Credit for Prior Learning Can Help Older Adults and Veterans
Download full textCouncil for Adult and Experiential Learning, 2025
This report demonstrates how credit for prior learning (CPL) can revolutionize education and career advancement for older adults and veterans while supporting the success of postsecondary education institutions. Focusing on the untapped potential of decades of experience, the report explores how CPL can make higher education more accessible and…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, Veterans Education, Older Adults, Adult Education
Klein-Collins, Rebecca; Taylor, Jason; Bishop, Carianne; Bransberger, Peace; Lane, Patrick; Leibrandt, Sarah – Council for Adult and Experiential Learning, 2020
This report describes the adult student's experience with prior learning assessment (PLA) using student record data from 72 degree-granting postsecondary institutions in the United States, primarily focusing on the data from 69 of those institutions based on the more detailed data provided by those institutions to the study. Researchers from the…
Descriptors: Prior Learning, Student Evaluation, Adult Students, Student Records
Klein-Collins, Rebecca; Taylor, Jason; Bishop, Carianne; Bransberger, Peace; Lane, Patrick; Leibrandt, Sarah – Council for Adult and Experiential Learning, 2020
This report describes the adult student's experience with prior learning assessment (PLA) using student record data from 72 degree-granting postsecondary institutions in the United States, primarily focusing on the data from 69 of those institutions based on the more detailed data provided by those institutions to the study. Researchers from the…
Descriptors: Prior Learning, Student Evaluation, Adult Students, Student Records
Klein-Collins, Rebecca – Council for Adult and Experiential Learning, 2014
National efforts to address the degree completion goals of the country cannot succeed without focusing on strategies to improve the educational attainment of Latinos. Latinos are the nation's second largest racial or ethnic group, and growing. Compared to other racial/ethnic populations, however, Latinos have lower rates of educational attainment…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, College Students, Higher Education, Prior Learning
Council for Adult and Experiential Learning, 2013
In 2012, CAEL released the report "Competency-Based Degree Programs in the U.S.: Postsecondary Credentials for Measurable Student Learning and Performance," which examined the current state of competency-based postsecondary education in the U.S., profiling the various types of competency-based, or competency-focused, models that…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Postsecondary Education, Higher Education, Educational Quality
Klein-Collins, Rebecca – Council for Adult and Experiential Learning, 2012
Today the U.S. higher education system is facing a crisis regarding its perceived quality. One model for improving quality is competency-based education, in which an institution clearly defines the specific competencies expected of its graduates. A key challenge is how to help more people, particularly adults, succeed at the post¬secondary level…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Higher Education, Educational Quality, Success
