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Preparing for Veterans: Higher Education and the Efforts to Accredit the Learning of World War II Servicemen and Women.

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Rose, Amy D. – Adult Education Quarterly, 1991

The influx of veterans into higher education after World War II led to the development of a monumental system for testing and evaluation of prior learning through military service. The assumptions of the process continue to have implications for the assessment of adult life experience and its integration in college curricula. (SK)

Descriptors: Adult Education, College Credits, Educational Assessment, Evaluation Methods

The Street Smart Educator.

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Turner, Anita P. – 1981

The goals, services, and administration of North Shore Community College's (NSCC) Center for Alternative Studies (CAS) were the subject of the workshop described in this report, which was conducted by the National Council of Community Services and Continuing Education. After the workshop's agenda is presented, the text is provided of CAS Director…

Descriptors: Adult Programs, Adult Students, College Credits, Community Colleges