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Rebecca Klein-Collins; Christina Sedney; Patrick Lane – Council for Adult and Experiential Learning, 2024
The CAEL (Council for Adult and Experiential Learning) and the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE) announce the inaugural winners of the Credit for Prior Learning (CPL) Equity Awards, recognizing strategies that have been proven to put CPL in reach of key adult learner populations and/or increase their CPL credit-earning.…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Adult Learning, Experiential Learning, Alaska Natives
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Mellow, Gail O. – Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council, 2015
LaGuardia Community College has a saying: Challenge expectations. As fitting as these words are in an essay on the unique value of an honors program at a community college, they also reflect the creation, growth, and ultimate goal of LaGuardia's Community College Honors Program and its students, faculty, and staff, who embody these words every…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Educational Opportunities, Educational Development, Alumni
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Taheri, Pooya; Robbins, Philip; Maalej, Sirine – Education Sciences, 2020
Langara College, as one of the leading undergraduate institutions in the province of British Columbia (BC), offers the "Applied Science for Engineering" two-year diploma program as well as the "Engineering Transfer" two-semester certificate program. Three project-based courses are offered as part of the two-year diploma program…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Student Projects, Teaching Methods, Active Learning
Darnell, Barry; Klein-Collins, Rebecca; Shafenberg, Kari – Council for Adult and Experiential Learning, 2022
The Council for Adult and Experiential Learning (CAEL) developed the Adult Learner Leaders for Institutional Effectiveness (ALLIES) Framework to help guide institutional policies and practices in their work to support adult learners. This document begins by describing the Framework's series of planning and operational domains through which…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adult Education, Capacity Building, Governance
Rennie Center for Education Research & Policy, 2021
This year's report examines the critical role community plays in education. Integrating learning that takes place inside and outside of school has always been a powerful strategy to support student success, but it gained special relevance this year, as school closures made family and community members integral parts of students' daily learning.…
Descriptors: School Community Relationship, School Closing, Pandemics, COVID-19
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Bradshaw, Geoffrey W. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2013
In 2010, Madison Area Technical College (Madison College), a comprehensive community college in Madison, Wisconsin, was selected by the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs (ECA) to head a consortium project to expand the capacity of community colleges to offer study-abroad programs. The project focuses on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Community Colleges, Best Practices, Sustainable Development
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Taggart, Amanda; Crisp, Gloria – Journal of College Reading and Learning, 2011
The purpose of this paper is to review and critique empirical work done, to date, specific to service learning experiences at the community college level. A review of the literature was conducted in order to examine the empirical work that has been developed regarding service learning, a form of experiential learning, at community colleges. The…
Descriptors: Campuses, Community Colleges, Service Learning, Synthesis
Zaiglin, Robert – Techniques: Connecting Education and Careers, 2006
In order to become a professional wildlife manager, one must make several choices in order to reach their objectives. The first choice is to select a college that has a wildlife management program in place. For those interested in a two-year technical program, Southwest Texas Junior College is offering an applied science degree in wildlife…
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, Wildlife, Two Year Colleges, Learning Experience