Enhancing Educational Attainment Through Prior Learning Assessment

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Author(s): Matt Bergman (University of Louisville, USA)and Vin Favoroso (Northern Vermont University, USA)
Copyright: 2021
Pages: 12
Source title: Career Ready Education Through Experiential Learning
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Pamela Northrup (Bigger Picture Strategy, USA), Karen Rasmussen (University of West Florida, USA)and Robin Colson (Tallahassee Community College, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-1928-8.ch008

Keywords: Curriculum Development and Instructional Design / Education / Higher Education / Information Science Reference

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Prior learning assessment (PLA) is a path to greater educational attainment for adult learners re-entering higher education. This innovative approach provides academic credit for college-level and credit-worthy learning that happened outside the confines of the college walls. The growth in adoption of PLA at many institutions is in concert with the need for more of America's workforce to earn more postsecondary credentials. This chapter explores the nature of PLA and its evolution into the mainstream of higher education policy and practice. The authors examine two institutions' relevant and rigorous approaches to validating learning via PLA. The authors believe that credit for prior learning will become more standardized with time and awareness of this innovative approach to acknowledging experiential learning external to the academic setting.

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