Dr. Beth Doyle,

Chief of Higher Education Strategy and Impact

Dr. Beth Doyle serves as Chief of Higher Education Strategy and Impact at CAEL and has managed teams that provides services for workforce and economic developers, postsecondary education institutions, and employers who improve adult learning opportunities. As a former returning adult student herself, Doyle brings personal understanding to the adult learner journey and is deeply committed to providing others with transformative learning and career opportunities.

She started her educational journey in a certification program at a community college and earned her bachelor's degree 10 years later as a returning adult student at DePaul University, later completing the Executive Development Program at Michigan State University and earning her Ed.D. at Fielding Graduate University. Doyle specializes in approaches to support adult learners in higher education, designing and implementing high-quality credit for prior learning (CPL) programs, and developing marketing strategies targeted to adult populations.

Her expertise includes stackable credentials, using labor market information to inform program design, extended career pathways, upskilling/reskilling, adult learner personas and barriers, promoting equity in programs that support adult learners, and supporting veterans and other underserved adult learner populations in postsecondary education. She was recently named to the Learning Evaluation and Recognition for the Next Generation (LEARN) commission by the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (AACRAO), continuing CAEL's work to support credit mobility for adult learners as they transfer between and amongst different higher education institutions and training, certifications, and apprenticeships.