Adult Students

The fastest, most efficient way to further your education is to look for higher education institutions that offer Prior Learning Assessment (PLA), which enables you to earn college credit for what you already know from your life and work experience.

The Council for Adult and Experiential Learning (CAEL) offers a couple of ways for you to find out more:

  • Visit our website, LearningCounts.org, to learn about PLA and view a list of institutions that accept PLA credits
  • Evaluate your own experience using our book, Earn College Credit for What You Know (see below for more information about the book)

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Research & Publications

2011

  • A Consumer’s Guide to Going to School

    CAEL

    This is a tool to help you make good decisions as you consider attending a college or other educational program. It’s organized by:
     

    • Questions to ask yourself
    • How to pay for this?
    • What school?
    • What program?

2007

  • But What Should I Study?

    by Dorothy Wax and Adele Chodorow

    An article that reviews the use of educational advising for employer funded tuition programs with a focus on the 2006 national survey that CAEL conducted.
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