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Download full textStanley, Elizabeth – 1980
This paper focuses on the activities of colleges and universities providing options for the assessment of prior learning for adult students. The paper emphasizes programs with associate and baccalaureate degree-granting institutions in the United States and Canada. It is aimed at faculty members, practitioners, administrators, and policy-makers,…
Descriptors: Adult Students, College Credits, Credit Courses, Degree Requirements
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Direct linkHall, James W.; Bonnabeau, Richard F. – New Directions for Higher Education, 1993
Through a combination of prior coursework, contract learning, credit for experience, standardized tests, and other methods of evaluating prior learning, the Empire State College (New York) allows adults to complete undergraduate degree requirements. The nonresidential institution serves students throughout the state, with faculty in over 40…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Adult Students, Case Studies, Change Strategies
