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What Happens When Learning "Counts"? Measuring the Benefits of Prior Learning Assessment for the Adult Learner--A CAEL Self-Study of the Academic Outcomes of LearningCounts Students
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Klein-Collins, Rebecca; Hudson, Sean – Council for Adult and Experiential Learning, 2017
In 2010, the Council for Adult and Experiential Learning (CAEL) conducted the first major multi-institutional study of the relationship between prior learning assessment (PLA) credit-earning and student academic outcomes, which found that adult students with PLA credit were two and a half times more likely to have earned a postsecondary degree…
Descriptors: Prior Learning, Adult Learning, Adult Students, Outcomes of Education