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Peer reviewedHarris, Ian M. – Urban Review, 1982
The School of Education at the University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee has refined its method of granting college credit for community experience. Prior Professional Educational Experience (PPEE) credits are granted for knowledge in competency areas offered by the department. The program has given students a sense of accomplishment about learning…
Descriptors: College Credits, Descriptive Writing, Educational Opportunities, Experiential Learning
Leckie, Shirley A.; Sallis, Harrylyn – 1984
Millsaps College inaugurated an Adult Degree Program to compensate for the predicted diminishing number of traditional age students and to establish a degree program incorporating a number of innovations of value to working adults. Issues considered before implementing the program included the impact of such a degree offering on existing programs,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Bachelors Degrees, College Credits, College Programs
Taafee, Thomas; Litwak, Eleanor – New Directions for Experiential Learning, 1980
The first campus of a college (College of New Rochelle) to be established in the headquarters of a union (American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees) is described as a pioneering model of cooperation between labor and higher education. (MLW)
Descriptors: Adult Education, College Credits, Contracts, Experiential Learning
Download full textTaylor, John A. – 2000
In 1998, the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools established a fifteen-member Task Force to study the practices and procedures employed in adult degree completion programs. An adult degree completion program is identified as one that is designed especially to meet the needs of the working adult who, having acquired sixty or more…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Bachelors Degrees, College Credits
Peer reviewedColardyn, Danielle – International Review of Education/Internationale Zeitschrift fuer Erziehungswissenschaft/Revue Internationale de Pedagogie, 1992
Describes policies of educational validation in the context of European integration, finding assessment of prior learning more effective than equivalent degrees. Distinguishes between two types of arrangements in France, certification through diplomas and assessment of competence, and discusses the relative value placed on each in French society.…
Descriptors: Certification, Comparable Worth, Continuing Education, Degrees (Academic)
Luck, Dudley B.; Galloway, Connie D. – 1981
The development, implementation, and integration of a nontraditional adult degree program at Mary Baldwin College, a traditional liberal arts institution, is described. The adult degree program is designed for adult men and women who cannot attend classes in the traditional manner; it may involve independent study, courses at other accredited…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Adult Students, Case Studies, College Credits
Toop, Leigh; Burleigh, Judi – 1993
Developed in response to changes in Australia's vocational education and training system to help maintain a skilled and adaptable workforce, this report examines principles and practices regarding arrangements for the recognition of prior learning (RPL) in Australia. The first section of the report discusses the context of report, highlights key…
Descriptors: Certification, Continuing Education, Educational Assessment, Educational Experience
