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PLA with a Purpose Symposium Columbus, Ohio April 29,2014

Partnering to Meet the Challenges of Implementation. PLA with a Purpose Symposium Columbus, Ohio April 29,2014. CAEL National Study. Funded by Lumina Foundation for Education. What We Wanted to Know:.

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PLA with a Purpose Symposium Columbus, Ohio April 29,2014

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  1. Partnering to Meet the Challenges of Implementation PLA with a Purpose Symposium Columbus, Ohio April 29,2014

  2. CAEL National Study • Funded by Lumina Foundation for Education

  3. What We Wanted to Know: Do adults who earn PLA credit have better graduation rates, compared with those who do not earn PLA credit? Do they have better persistence? Do they earn their degrees in a shorter period of time?

  4. What Is the Value of PLA? CAEL Research: Fueling the Race to Postsecondary Success: A 48-Institution Study of PLA and Adult Student Outcomes 2010 • N=62,475 adult students • PLA usage and academic outcomes

  5. Four Approaches to PLA Standardized exams Challenge exams Evaluated non-college programs and courses Individualized assessments

  6. What Is the Value of PLA? Fueling the Race to Postsecondary Success: A 48-Institution Study of PLA and Adult Student Outcomes 2010 • N=62,475 adult students • PLA usage and academic outcomes http://www.cael.org/pdfs/PLA_Fueling-the-Race

  7. Graduation and Completion

  8. Summary of Graduation Findings PLA students in this study had better graduation rates than non-PLA students: • regardless of institutional size, level (two-year or four-year) or control (private for-profit, non-profit, or public) • regardless of the individual student’s academic ability or grade point average • regardless of the individual student’s age, gender, or race/ethnicity • regardless of whether or not the individual student receives financial aid

  9. Persistence

  10. Summary of Persistence Findings PLA students have higher rates of persistence compared with non-PLA students. • In terms of credit accumulation/progress towards the degree • In terms of number of years of credit-earning

  11. Summary of Time to Degree Findings • PLA students earned either a bachelor’s or an associate’s degree in a shorter periods of time compared with non-PLA students.

  12. CAEL’s ALFI Project CAEL’s Principles of Effectiveness for Serving Adult Learners • Outreach • Life & Career Planning • Financing • Assessment of Learning Outcomes • Teaching-Learning Process • Student Support Systems • Technology • Transitions • Strategic Partnerships

  13. All of the Principles The Principles of Effectiveness are: • Integrated – they work together • Indivisible – they form a whole • Imperative – not just “a good idea”

  14. Partnerships with: • Employers and other organizations in the community • Other institutions • 3rd party reviewers • Other educational providers • CAEL and LearningCounts.org

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