2006:
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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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
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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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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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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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February, 2006 - Lawmaker Pushes Bill to Encourage Education- The Oklahoman

2005:
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 bdoyle@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. Click 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

2004:
December 30th, 2004 - Savings plan aids low-wage workers - Chicago Tribune

Fall 2004 Scholar - Volume 7, number 4 - Investing in Your Future: CAEL Eases Financial
Barriers to Adult Education

October 17th, 2004 - Partnerships aid lifelong learning, job growth

October, 2004 - CAEL offers solutions to nursing shortage

August, 2004 - CAEL’s ALFI Toolkit featured in Lumina Foundation’s “Student Access & Success News”

July 22nd 2004 - Maine to test savings program Workplace plan to aid education - Bangor Daily News


June 24th 2004 - South Suburbs as Talent Pool: Workforce Chicago 2.0 aims to improve worker
education, development - The Star


June 2nd 2004 - Training benefits give laid-off workers options - Chicago Tribune

June 2004 - UMUC Senior Scholar Morris Keeton Wins Prestigious Tolley Medal - Stefanie Johnson

April 2004 - Collaborating With Universities to Create a Continuous Learning Culture -Pamela Tate & Becky Klein-Collins

2003:
CAEL Recognized by U.S. Congress for Work to Address Nursing Shortage"

"What do you do when you're 40 and suddenly unemployed and perhaps unemployable?"- 2003 WorkforceChicago2.0 Exemplary Company and CAEL's Pam Tate featured on WGN News

CAEL Sponsors Leadership Series for HR Professionals

2002:
November 2nd, 2002 - Electric Utilities form Online Learning Alliance

September 27th, 2002 - Levi Strauss employees get last checks today

September 1st, 2002 - CAEL mentioned in Consumer Reports Magazine

July 12, 2002 - CAEL featured in Chicago Tribune

July 12, 2002 - CAEL in the Chicago Sun Times

July 9th, 2002 - CAEL in the Chicago Tribune

June 14th, 2002 - CAEL Featured in The Chronicle of Higher Education