Linking Public Workforce Systems and Community Colleges through Prior Learning Assessment: Learnings from a National Pilot Project

Institution	Council for Adult and Experiential Learning (CAEL); ECMC Foundation
Titel	Linking Public Workforce Systems and Community Colleges through Prior Learning Assessment: Learnings from a National Pilot Project
Quelle	(2018), (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Labor Force Development; Prior Learning; Community Colleges; Education Work Relationship; Experiential Learning; College Credits; Credentials; Adult Students; Partnerships in Education; Skill Development; Federal Legislation; Student Evaluation; Advisory Committees; Educational Attainment; Pennsylvania (Philadelphia); Virginia; Florida (Miami); Washington (Seattle) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Arbeitskräftebestand; Vorkenntnisse; Community college; Community College; Experiental learning; Erfahrungsorientiertes Lernen; College; Colleges; Achievement; Performance; Anrechnung; Hochschule; Fachhochschule; Leistung; Studienbuch; Adult; Adults; Student; Students; Erwachsenenalter; Studentin; Schüler; Schülerin; Hochschulpartnerschaft; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Bundesrecht; Schulnote; Studentische Bewertung; Beratungsstelle; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut
Abstract	Within the next few years the majority of jobs in the U.S. will require some type of postsecondary credential. However, less than half of adults in this country currently possess a credential beyond high school. Though they may not have a college degree to show for it, most adults have likely gained significant and valuable learning through their lifetime. Fortunately, there is a tool that accelerates adults' entry into and through postsecondary education by building on what they already know. Prior Learning Assessment, or (PLA), is the process through which non-collegiate learning (such as knowledge and skills gained on the job or in the military) is evaluated for college credit. Recognizing what adults already know by awarding credit for this learning can lead them to a postsecondary credential more quickly and in a less costly way. Unfortunately, PLA has historically been a construct of higher education with little connection to other entities, such as the public workforce system, that engage adults in skill development. In early 2017 CAEL (the Council for Adult and Experiential Learning), through a grant from the ECMC Foundation, undertook a pilot project to do just that. The project, launched in four communities across the county, established local strategies and processes to increase the pipeline of adult learners and support college credential completion by leveraging shorter-term, non-credit training provided by the public workforce system. This paper provides an overview of why PLA-related partnerships between the workforce system and community colleges are important when it comes to increasing credential attainment and provides considerations--surfaced through the pilot project--for other communities interested in undertaking similar work. [For a related report, "Fueling the Race to Postsecondary Success: A 48-Institution Study of Prior Learning Assessment and Adult Student Outcomes," see ED524753.] (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	Council for Adult and Experiential Learning. 55 East Monroe Street Suite 1930, Chicago, IL 60603. Tel: 312-499-2600; Fax: 312-499-2601; e-mail: cael@cael.org; Web site: http://www.cael.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01