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    Prior Learning Assessments (PLA)

    PLA on a Shoestring

    Definition: A Shoestring Budget:  A budget or allotment of resources that is very meager, sparse, or just enough to suit its purpose. 
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    Workforce Development / Adult Student Success / Adult Learning / Employee Training / Student Stories / Skills Gap / college recruiting

    Champion of Adult Excellence in Learning: Tony Hooker of Parkland College on Responsibly Recruiting Adult Students

    For this “interview style” blog, CAEL met with Tony Hooker, an adult learning advisor for Parkland College. The following is a summary of our conversation.
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    Adult Learning Success

    Making Higher Education More Accessible

    In 2014 at the CAEL International Conference CAEL’s past CEO and President Pamela Tate delivered her vision for CAEL when it reaches its 50th anniversary. She envisioned a time in the not-so-distant...
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    Best Practices / Adult Learning Success

    The Benefits of Collaboration in Higher Education

    Collaboration and innovation are the new buzzwords in higher education. However, what do they really mean to the faculty and staff on the ground at higher education institutions? There is more than a...
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    Adult Student Success / Student Expectations

    Time for a Paradigm Shift on Higher Education Equity

    According to Reframing the Question of Equity, we may be missing an opportunity to advance equity in higher education if we do not begin to pay attention to the growing population of part-time...
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    Structural Approaches to Learning / Prior Learning Assessments (PLA)

    The Importance of a Prior Learning Assessment Process Mapping Checklist

    Prior learning assessment (PLA) can be a very effective way for encouraging adult students to persist toward meeting higher education completion goals.     Vital for the success of an institution’s...
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