The Chronicle of Higher Education

Prior-Learning Assessment Raises Questions

In “3-State Project Will Explore Prior-Learning Assessment on Statewide Basis” (The Chronicle,, October 16, 2013), a new prior-learning assessment system for non-traditional students in Montana, Ohio, ...
The Chronicle of Higher Education

3-State Project Will Explore Prior-Learning Assessment on Statewide Basis

Public-college systems in Montana, Ohio, and Texas will work with the Council for Adult and Experiential Learning in a two-year effort to promote prior-learning assessment, the council announced on ...
Inside Higher Ed

Another Push on Prior Learning

The College of St. Scholastica, a Roman Catholic institution located in Duluth, Minn., wants to help working adults earn degrees with a hands-on approach to granting credit for learning gained outside ...
Inside Higher Ed

College Credit Without College

The Internet takes college courses out of the classroom. But prior learning assessment takes college outside of college. The practice of granting college credit for learning and knowledge gained ...
Center for American Progress

Center for American Progress

Prior learning assessments measure what a student has learned outside of the college classroom, evaluate whether that learning and then determine the equivalent number of college credits. Adult ...
Sun Journal

Prior learning assessment is topic at CMCC conference

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. AUBURN — Fifty-two professionals from all seven Maine community colleges ...
Yahoo

How Prior Learning Assessments Can Cut College Costs

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For many students, attending college not only involves studying for exams and completing coursework, but also juggling other ...
Campus Technology

6 Steps to Move Prior Learning Assessment Forward

A new report from Capella University shares ways institutions can grow their prior learning assessment (PLA) offerings. The PLA model is "the practice of documenting a learner's existing knowledge and ...
The City University of New York

Credit for Prior Learning

Credit for Prior Learning is one mechanism for addressing disparity in access to higher education. Students who utilize CPL are: 12 CPL credits can accelerate degree completion by 9 months for an ...
Center for American Progress

Articulation Agreements and Prior Learning Assessments

A brief lays out two tools that can help today's diverse learners complete their college degrees. Students attend a pharmacology class at Oregon Health and Science University School of Nursing. Too ...
Governing

An Underutilized Tool for Building Tomorrow’s Workforce

A strong workforce is vital to our nation's economic prosperity, and it has become more critical than ever that our workforce acquire advanced skills and postsecondary credentials. By 2020, 65 percent ...
Campus Technology

6 Steps to Move Prior Learning Assessment Forward

A new report from Capella University shares ways institutions can grow their prior learning assessment (PLA) offerings. The PLA model is "the practice of documenting a learner's existing knowledge and ...