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CAEL in the News:
April 28, 2008 - CVS Caremark and JVS Announce Grand Opening of the Boston Regional Learning Center
CVS Caremark, in partnership with Jewish Vocational Service and their One-Stop Career Center, officially opened the company's first CVS/pharmacy Regional Learning Center in Boston. The Regional Learning Center houses classrooms and a mock CVS/pharmacy store—complete with a state-of-art pharmacy, photo lab and beauty center—to train new and current associates, from entry level to management. In 2008 alone they aim to train more than 3,000 new and current employees at this center, providing significant workplace advancement opportunities for the Boston community.
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Click here for a pdf of the press release.
April 24, 2008 -
Lawmakers Should Focus on Adult Students, Says Report With State-by-State Data
by Libby Sander, published in News Blog The Chronicle of Higher Education
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Spring 2008 - Linking Corporate Tuition Assistance
Programs to Business Strategy
by Elizabeth Hibner, Senior Product Manager, CAEL, and Jennifer Murnane, Assistant Director, Human Capital Lab, published in Innovation @ Work
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February 8, 2008 - Why Colleges Should Welcome the Return of the Boomers
by Harris Wofford,
published in The Chronicle of Higher Education
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January 30, 2008 - Tell the candidates: don't forget to aim for the middle
Co-authored by Women Employed, Chicago Jobs Council, and Pamela Tate of CAEL, this Op-Ed ran in the on-line version of the Chicago Tribune.
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December, 2007 - Verizon Wireless: Getting ROI From TAP
Through CAEL's Tuition Assistance Management Service, Verizon
Wireless is able to receive and distribute data on employee
participation and ROI. The impact TAPs (Tuition Assistance
Programs) have on Verizon Wireless is broken into four categories:
recruitment, retention, career mobility, and job performance.
This article also outlines strategies to making the most of
the TAP investment, including: aggressive marketing, communication
about valuable skills and knowledge, recognition of success,
and measurement of critical factors.
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here to read the article
Wednesday, September 5, 2007 - AOL Online
- Adult Learners Find Education Breaks Down Barriers-Tate
reports that older students who enter the classroom armed
with a packed resume may be able to use their life experience
to knock a few credits off of their degree program. "When
people say 'I don’t need to go back into the classroom
because I have 20 years of experience,' we try to tell them
how they can translate that into college credit," Tate
says. "They may have a lot of experience, but a secondary
credential [like a new degree or certification] can help provide
new opportunities."
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here to read the article
July 12, 2007 - Philadelphia -
At the Education Commission of the States' National Forum
on Educational Policy state policy makers debated
and discussed topics including student record systems, modular
remedial coursework, and efforts to understand the adult learner.
Cheryl D. Blanco, vice president for lifelong learning policy
and research for the Council for Adult and Experiential Learning,
described an ongoing effort to develop a series of indicators
to track how adult learners are doing, in terms of affordability
of programs, their levels of educational attainment, and their
aspirations and completion rates, among other measurements.
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here to read the article
May 3, 2007 - CAEL to launch LiLA demonstration
and policy work in San Francisco
Grant from The Atlantic Philanthropies Will Support Project
This Fall, The Council for Adult and Experiential
Learning (CAEL) will invite San Francisco employers to participate in
a new Lifelong Learning Account (LiLA) pilot project focused on serving
the needs of minority and lower-income older workers. A LiLA account is
an employer-matched, portable, worker-owned account used to finance career-related
education and training. It is similar in concept to a 401(k): an employee
who contributes to his or her LiLA account has their contribution matched
by their employer. Ongoing LiLA demonstration projects by CAEL in Chicago,
northeastern Indiana, San Francisco and by the state of Maine are helping
older employees at all levels afford the education and training they want
and need in order to retain work in a changing economy. The pilot project,
funded by a $1.41 million grant from The Atlantic Philanthropies, will
run for three years, following a six month planning period.
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to read the article
March 6, 2007 - New RFP for Community College
Initiatives To Help Boomers Prepare for Second Careers with
a Purpose. Civic
Ventures, a think tank and program incubator helping society
achieve the greatest return on experience, today announced
a new partnership with MetLife Foundation to explore how community
colleges can help those in the second half of life pursue
new careers for the greater good. With funding from MetLife
Foundation, Civic Ventures will provide up to 10 grants of
$25,000 each to community colleges developing innovative ways
to prepare boomers for careers in education, health care,
social services, and other similar fields.
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to read the RFP
March 2007 - San Jose/Evergreen
Community College District Newsletter, Number 11, p. 8.
"We see LiLAs as a wonderful opportunity to recognize
and reward our incumbent workers, while filling our own workforce
needs at the same time," says UCSF Medical Center Director
of Human Resources Jennifer Hermann. "We truly
believe from previous on-site training experience that if
workers invest their own money in education, they are ten
times more likely to follow through and be serious about completing
their education. And that's worth investing in as an employer."
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Pamela Tate’s Presentation at the Canadian Association for Prior Learning Assessment (CAPLA) International Conference on October 16-18th 2006 in Fredericton, New Brunswick
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Other presentations from the conference are now being offered by CAPLA and its Recognition for Learning web site.
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Veterans Go Online: Minnesota Leads the Charge , ACE Centerpoint
As the recipient of the Council for Adult and Experiential Learning’s 2006 Institutional Service Award, Minnesota Online has provided a much-needed educational program for the members of Minnesota’s National Guard.
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here to read the article
February 2, 2007 - Intel Cuts 100 Colleges
From Its Tuition-Reimbursement Program for Employees
By Stu Woo The Chronicle—In an unusual move late last
year, the Intel Corporation restricted the number of colleges
its employees could attend if they wanted to get their tuition
reimbursed.
Under the policy, started in November, employees at the computer-chip
giant can be reimbursed only for attending institutions accredited
by two selective business and engineering accrediting boards.
As a result, about 100 colleges and universities, including
several for-profit institutions like the University of Phoenix,
no longer qualify to participate in the company’s reimbursement
program. About 200 institutions remain eligible.
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here to read the article
January 19, 2007 - Giving ‘Prior Learning’
Its Due
by Pamela Tate and Becky Klein-Collins
InsideHigherEd.com—
Higher education is still the route to gaining credentials
for having acquired new skills and knowledge. But sometimes
college-level skills and knowledge are acquired not in a classroom
at a college or university, but on a job or through independent
study.
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here to read the article
January, 2007 - Senators Cantwell and Snowe
Introduce Education Account Bill to
Make American Workers More Competitive Washington,
DC—Senators Maria Cantwell (D-WA) and Olympia Snowe
(R-ME) introduced a bill Thursday, January 4, 2007 to encourage
employees to set aside money for their education costs, and
encourage employers to provide matching funds through Lifelong
Learning Accounts. Lifelong Learning Accounts (LiLAs) are
employer-matched, portable, individual savings accounts used
to finance education and training – similar to a 401(k),
but used for skill building and career advancement.
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the article
September, 2006 - U.S. Department of Labor
Led Delegation Attends International Seminar On Economic and
Employment Development HANOI, Vietnam – A delegation
of U.S. Department of Labor officials and representatives
from academic institutions and business participated in a
conference sponsored in cooperation with Vietnam’s Ministry
of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA). Douglas F.
Small, deputy assistant secretary of labor for employment
and training, headed the U.S. delegation and joined Ambassador
Michael W. Marine in Vietnam for the conference on economic
and workforce development.
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September 7, 2006 - The Global Workforce
Transition: The Need for Multi-National Cooperative Development
by Rodney D. Smith
MaximsNews.com, U.N.
Workforce intermediaries like the Council for Adult and Experiential Learning (CAEL) and Jobs for the Future (JFF) believe that in order to effectively address the training and retraining needs that are changing and escalating constantly, educators, employers, government leaders, union leaders and anyone else with significant influence on national and regional workforce policies will need to create new methodologies for projecting and addressing current and future needs.
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August, 2006 - CAEL Recommends Prior Learning
Assessment (PLA) Initiative as a Key Strategy in the Creation
of "Job Ready" Pennsylvania. A new Pennsylvania
state-supported initiative that offers continuing-education
credits for learning gained through life experience will follow
six recommendations made by CAEL. CAEL’s field and interview
research on Prior Learning Assessment (PLA) policy and practice
within the commonwealth provided the basis for this new state-wide
effort under the direction of Governor Rendell’s "Job
Ready PA" workforce development initiative.
Governor Rendell Combats Critical Workforce Issue
with Credit-for-Experience Initiative
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here to read the press release from the state of Pennsylvania
Governor’s office
Work Experience for College Credit Pamela Tate, president and CEO of CAEL comments about Pennsylvania’s PLA initiative. Inside Higher Education
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Hands-on Skills Could Earn College Credit Central Penn Business Journal
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Pennsylvania Educators Asked to Support Implementation of a Comprehensive Prior Learning Assessment System
Click here to read the letter sent to educators from the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry
Recognizing Prior Learning in The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Click here to read the full CAEL report and recommendations submitted to the Deputy Secretary for Workforce Development Department of Labor and Industry, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
May, 2006 - Tuition Assistance: Corporate
Entitlement or Strategic Investment?
CLO Magazine article cites CAEL’s Tuition Survey Results
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here to read the article
March, 2006 - High Speed Learning: How Broadband
Is Changing the Educational Landscape This article features
information on CAEL’s work with the National Coalition
for Telecommunications Education and Learning (NACTEL). In
part, it details CAEL and NACTEL’s work to advance continuing
education with distance learning, such as online programs,
as one viable mean of providing educational opportunities.
The article is reproduced with permission of Last Mile magazine.
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here to read the article.
February , 2006 - Engaging the Public Sector Workforce
Development System: Strategies for Investing in the Direct
Care Workforce. The CAEL/DOL Nursing Career Lattice Initiative
is highlighted in this Better Jobs Better Care Issue Brief.
The article cites CAEL’s program as an example of a
model that promotes collaboration between the workforce investment
system and the long-term care sector.
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here to view the article
February, 2006 - Lawmaker
Pushes Bill to Encourage Education-
The Oklahoman
November, 2005 - "Joint
Investment/Mutual Savings"
This feature on CAEL’s Lifelong Learning Account (LiLA)
initiative in Indiana appears in the Indiana Chamber of Commerce’s
BizVoice.
October 11th 2005 - "Effective
Employee Education"
This feature on CAEL’s report Employee
Development: A Prescription for Better Healthcare appears
in H&HN Online, a Hospital & Health Networks newsletter.
July 2005 – “Training Today:
Study Aids”
CAEL’s tuition assistance program study report,
The Promise and Practice of Employer Educational Assistance
Programs, was featured in a short article on page 11 of Training
magazine’s July 2005 issue. The article details the
survey’s exploration of 904 Human Resources professionals’
responses about the tuition assistance or reimbursement programs
at their companies. If you are a registered subscriber of
Training magazine, see the article in print or visit
here by clicking under Study Aids. To request a copy of
the survey report, contact bdubs@cael.org.
June 2005- “Live
and Learn"
This article is posted from Association Management
magazine. By Apryl Motley, senior editor of Association Management
magazine. Reprinted with permission, copyright June 2005,
American Society of Association Executives, Washington, D.C
June 2005 – “The End of Upward Mobility?
Not on Your Life” by Michael J. Mandel
Phyllis Snyder, Vice President of CAEL, and Diana Bamford-Rees,
Associate Vice President of CAEL, are both quoted in this
article, which discusses how there are actually plenty of
opportunities for upward mobility still available to the U.S.
workforce. Both Phyllis and Diana detailed the Nursing Career
Lattice program’s role in contributing to upward mobility
for workers in various sites across the United States. This
article can be found in the June 20, 2005 issue of Business
Week magazine. It is available on Business Week’s
website if you are a registered Business Week subscriber.
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here
June 2nd 2005 - LiLA's:
"Matching accounts go toward education"- Portland
Press Herald
April 25th, 2005 - “Learning
for Life"
This is an excerpt from the article, “Learning for Life.”
This excerpt was originally published in the Winter 2005 issue
of "Lumina Foundation Focus" magazine and is reprinted
with permission from Lumina Foundation for Education."
April 25th, 2005 - "Barriers
Remain"
This is an excerpt from the article, “Barriers
Remain, Especially Financial Ones.” This excerpt was
originally published in the Winter 2005 issue of "Lumina
Foundation Focus" magazine and is reprinted with permission
from Lumina Foundation for Education."
February, 2005 - CAEL
Report Featured in Metropolitan Chicago Healthcare Council
Bulletin
January 13th, 2005 - George
Kuh Honored with Virginia B. Smith Innovative Leadership Award
for 2005
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