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Lifelong Learning in the U.S.

Lifelong Learning in the U.S. NCWE Conference October 2013 Amy Sherman. Overview. Mature Workers 101 Aging Worker Initiative/Tapping Mature Talent LifeLong Learning Accounts Prior Learning Assessment. What is Your Mature Worker IQ?.

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Lifelong Learning in the U.S.

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  1. Lifelong Learning in the U.S. NCWE Conference October 2013 Amy Sherman

  2. Overview • Mature Workers 101 • Aging Worker Initiative/Tapping Mature Talent • LifeLong Learning Accounts • Prior Learning Assessment

  3. What is Your Mature Worker IQ? 1.By 2015, workers over 50 are projected to comprise 20% of the workforce. 2.People in the 45-64 year old range out-number the population under 15. 3. Research has found no significant relationship between age and job performance. 4. The population over age 65 has nearly tripled in the past 100 years. 5. People 55 and older take fewer sick days than their younger counterparts do. 6. In the beginning of the last century, life expectancy was 47 years. 7. The fastest growing group of users of the Internet are people over 50. 8. By 2020, there will be double the number of people over 85 than there were in 1990. 9. Older workers have fewer accidents on the job than younger workers. 10. The rate of learning decreases with age.

  4. Aging Worker Initiative Sites

  5. Learning Supports that Made a Difference for AWI Participants • Transition workshops with attention to social/ emotional component • Computer training • Short-term training for high-demand industries • Career navigation • Internships • Peer support

  6. What Happened?

  7. “They say you’re busier when you retire than you were when you’re working, and it’s true.” KEVIN PITZER Age 57, from Galveston, Indiana Was forced to retire from the United States Air Force in 2009 at the age of 55 Was not ready for retirement mentally, physically or financially Felt lost after the loss of his job with too much free time Began attending Career Transition Hub networking meetings With the help of his Veterans Administrative benefits he and his wife have both enrolled in college at Ivy Tech Community College He is enjoying his classes for his computer information technology major

  8. “The last thing in the world you think you're going to do at 60 is go back to school and rebuild your life!" ALTA REYNOLDS 60 years old from Baltimore, Maryland Held a series of jobs from veterinary assistant to store owner Store closed during the recession Divorced and could not find a job Back in school with the help of the AWI grant studying to be a surgical technician

  9. Mature Learners Are No Different? • Need information, opportunity, and support • Willing to invest in their own education and training • Want to have their existing skills and competencies count towards postsecondary degree

  10. Lifelong Learning Accounts (LiLAs) • Matched savings for employee learning and development • San Francisco pilot with 4 employers, targeting 55+ • 24% were 55 or older • 89% of participants who were 55 years or older were also lower-income and/or minority group members.

  11. What Happened • On average, participants 55 years or older saved $860 of their own funds • Participants made progress toward their goals. • Age may be a factor in goal achievement. • Participants believed that LiLAs played an important role in meeting goals.

  12. Where are LiLAs Now? • Federal legislation • State Legislation • Washington • Individual Employers

  13. Graduation rates are 2 ½ times higher for students with PLA credit PLA helps students graduate • Fueling the Race to Postsecondary Success, March 2010

  14. PLA and Graduation Rate by Age Group

  15. Prior Learning Assessment

  16. LearningCounts.org • One-Stop shop for PLA • Free academic advising • Individualized portfolio development and assessment • Faculty expert network to review learning portfolios • Credit recommendations on an NCCRS transcript or on the institution’s own transcript if a Partner Plus

  17. PLA Policy • President’s Plan to Make College More Affordable • HEA Reauthorization • State Support

  18. CAEL Publications Not Too Late for School: Winning Strategies to Help the Mature Learner. http://www.cael.org/pdfs/Mature-learners---AP New Approaches for Supporting the Mature Worker: The Experiences of the U.S. Department of labor’s Aging Worker Initiative Grantees. http://www.cael.org/pdfs/TMT_New_Approaches_AWI_Grantees The Learning That Maturity Bring: An Analysis of the Value of Prior Learning Assessment for Mature Learners, February 2012 http://www.cael.org/pdfs/PLA_Mature_Learner For additional TMT publications, please visit http://www.cael.org/How-We-Help/Older-Workers

  19. Amy Sherman CAEL asherman@cael.org

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