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title: "Closing Equity Gaps in Credit for Prior Learning: Tools and Strategies To Recognize All Learning"
description: Discover strategies to close equity gaps in CPL in the CAEL-WICHE CPL Equity Awards report, which includes insights from award-winning institutions.
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# [Closing Equity Gaps in Credit for Prior Learning: Tools and Strategies To Recognize All Learning](https://www.cael.org/resources/research/closing-equity-gaps-in-credit-for-prior-learning)

 Written by [CAEL](https://www.cael.org/resources/research/author/cael) | May 13, 2024

CAEL and the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE) established the Credit for Prior Learning (CPL) Equity Awards to highlight and promulgate proven strategies for making CPL more accessible and commonplace among underserved adult learner populations. I*n Closing Equity Gaps in Credit for Prior Learning: Tools and Strategies To Recognize All Learning*, CAEL and WICHE detail the successes of the winners, including how they closed CPL equity gaps and the outcomes they achieved. 

<https://www.cael.org/hubfs/2024%20CAEL-WICHE%20CPL%20Winners%20Report.pdf>

 

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