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Triby, Emmanuel – European Journal of Vocational Training, 2009
This article analyses the specificity of the French accreditation system in higher education as regards lifelong learning. The changes in higher education may thus take on a new significance. The article describes the changes that could come from wider deployment of the system in higher education. The accreditation system introduced in France in…
Descriptors: Qualifications, Prior Learning, Lifelong Learning, Experiential Learning
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Harris, Judy – Studies in the Education of Adults, 1999
Describes four models of recognition of prior learning (PL): (1) procrustean--PL is made to match predetermined standards; (2) learning and development--PL approximates implicit academic standards; (3) radical--subjective knowledge is recognized as an alternative to dominant forms; and (4) Trojan-horse--PL is seen as socially constructed and…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Credits, Experiential Learning, Foreign Countries
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Lester, Stan – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2007
Purpose: This paper sets out to examine whether the process of accrediting prior experiential learning (APEL) as used in UK universities is the most appropriate approach for providing academic recognition for work-based projects and learning. Design/methodology/approach: Work-based projects that had already been assessed in the context of a…
Descriptors: Investigations, Awards, Experiential Learning, Prior Learning
Snider, John C.; McGee, Leo – AGB Reports, 1981
Institutions granting credit for life experience are faced with obstacles related to the complex, sensitive, threatening, and ambitious nature of the procedure. A three-step process for implementation of a plan for developing credit for life experiences is provided, along with a dissenting opinion. (MLW)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Adult Students, College Credits, Competency Based Education
Holtzclaw, Louis R. – Lifelong Learning, 1984
A survey of students who completed portfolios of self-acquired competencies to earn credit for prior learning at Indiana University reveals the benefits derived from the process including self-esteem, ability for self-evaluation, and better focus for their degree programs. (SK)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Adult Students, College Credits, Competence
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Simosko, Susan – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 1988
Recognizing adults' prior college-level learning requires a substantial investment of faculty time to identify learning outcomes and standards of performance, but the benefits are great for students and faculty alike. (Author)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Adult Students, College Credits, Equivalency Tests
Fehnel, Richard A.; Sundberg, Norman D. – 1976
The purpose of a project at the University of Oregon was to explore principles and procedures for experiential learning programs. Experiential learning in this instance refers to both prior learning and field experience. Considerable attention is paid to the Lila Acheson Wallace School of Community Service and Public Affairs within the university.…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Articulation (Education), Experiential Learning, Field Experience Programs
Hruby, Norbert J. – New Directions for Experiential Learning, 1980
The faculty's power to grant course credit assures that standards are fulfilled where credit is awarded. This power enables them to foster or to defeat an institution's policy on recognition of experiential learning as they favor or oppose its application to their respective fields of instruction. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Adult Education, College Credits, College Faculty
Spille, Henry; And Others – New Directions for Experiential Learning, 1980
Five contributors identify essential means for the college to assure high standards, quality control, and consistency in assessing the prior learning of adults. Types of learning include work or military experience and life experience; assessment methods include examination, portfolio examination, and competence-based programs. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Adult Education, College Credits, Educational Quality
Sachs, Martha Pomeranz – New Directions for Experiential Learning, 1980
To validate the quality of a college degree, administrators must make certain that learning credited is at college level, fits into degree requirements congruent with the instructional goals of the institution, and is assessed by technically adequate procedures and properly trained assessors. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Administrative Policy, College Administration, College Credits
US Senate, 2004
The purpose of these hearings was to explore the problems that unaccredited, substandard colleges and universities, often referred to as diploma mills, pose to the Federal Government and to private-sector employers. The schools examined during these hearings practice a sophisticated form of deception and they charge students accordingly. All of…
Descriptors: Federal Government, Hearings, Prior Learning, Recreational Activities
Ecclestone, Kathryn – 1992
This paper is designed to help education and training providers in the United Kingdom understand what accreditation options are available and choose solutions that match their particular needs. It aims to help them appreciate the importance of accreditation to adult learners, understand some terminology, know what choices there are in offering…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Accrediting Agencies, Adult Education
Guggenheim, Eric Fries, Ed. – 2002
This document contains papers from a 2-day meeting on identification, evaluation, and recognition of nonformal learning in the European Union. The following papers are included: "Identification, Assessment, and Recognition of Non-Formal Learning: European Tendencies" (Jens Bjornavold); "Why Measure Human Capital?" (Riel…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Adult Learning, Comparative Analysis, Competence