Adult Learner Success / Featured / Press Release

CAEL Accepting Applications for Grant-Funded...

Study Will Help Inform Development of Comprehensive Framework for Adult Learner Success, Refinement of Landmark Principles for Effectively Serving Adults

Carlo Bertolini

Featured / Press Release

CAEL Announces New Senior Vice President

INDIANAPOLIS – The Council for Adult and Experiential Learning (CAEL) today announced that Jack Mills has joined the organization as senior vice president of partnerships, impact, and insights. Mills, who has more than two decades of experience...

Carlo Bertolini

Workforce Development / Featured / Digital badges

SIUE’s Digital Tech Badges: Portable, Stackable,...

Ever since Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE), a CAEL member, first began offering digital badges, they have woven them seamlessly into regional workforce trends to maximize their career-furthering impact on adult learners. SIUE, which...

Carlo Bertolini

Career Pathing and Mapping / Featured / Press Release

CAEL-Led Partnership Awarded U.S. Department of...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Jan. 26 2021 CAEL contact: Carlo Bertolini 312-499-2338 | cbertolini@cael.org

Carlo Bertolini

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Prior Learning Assessments (PLA)

How Prepared Is Your Institution to Serve Adult Learners? Take CAEL’s Readiness Quizzes to Find Out

Providing effective education to adult learners has always been an ethical imperative. The success of any postsecondary institution has always been tied to the success of its students – of any age....

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Prior Learning Assessments (PLA) / Op ed

Credit Where Credit’s Due: Lets Level the Playing Field for Adult Learners

As pandemic-induced turmoil continues in the labor market, millions of workers are seeking viable career paths, which often require upskilling or reskilling. In an op ed for RealClear Education,...

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Prior Learning Assessments (PLA)

Voices of the CAEL Community Share Perspectives about PLA

Credit for prior learning can have a major impact on adult learner success, but only a minority of students take advantage of it. WorkingNation discusses the power of prior learning, including the...

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Prior Learning Assessments (PLA)

Leveraging work experiences for college credit

PLA credit can be a pathway to degree completion, saving students time and money. This article in Community College Daily draws on CAEL research and tells the story of an adult learner who used the...

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Prior Learning Assessments (PLA)

Now Is the Time to Better Support Adult Learners in Higher Education

In this article appearing in "Campus Technology," University of Phoenix provost John Woods argues that PLA is an overlooked resource for supporting working adults who have been displaced by the...

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Prior Learning Assessments (PLA)

Six Steps to Move Prior Learning Assessment Forward

This "Campus Technology" article about the recent Capella University report on recognition of prior learning, "Unlocking the [Full] Potential of PLA]," reviews the six steps for advancing PLA...

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