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Launching PLA at Your Institution. Thomas State Edison Conference By Catrina Roitman 6/15/2011. History of West. Founded in 1978 as a private, non-profit institution and regionally accredited in 1980 In 1995, WIU was acquired by Apollo Group Inc.
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Launching PLA at Your Institution Thomas State Edison Conference By Catrina Roitman 6/15/2011
History of West • Founded in 1978 as a private, non-profit institution and regionally accredited in 1980 • In 1995, WIU was acquired by Apollo Group Inc. • In 2010, WIU became part of Apollo Global, a consolidated subsidiary of Apollo Group, and joined with sister schools in the United Kingdom, Chile, and Mexico
Prior Learning Assessment Process • Essays and portfolios • Credit for West courses • Before admitted • Workshops and seminars • Online • Face-to-face • At corporations
Introduction • Strategy Process • Faculty • Research and Benchmarking • Communication and Marketing Plan • Discussion
PLA Strategy • Support from management • Assess systems • Create a process • Set a launch date
Faculty Evaluators/ Evaluators • Training and Hiring Challenges • Recommended Books • Hart & Hickerson (2009) • Fiddler, Marienau, & Whitaker (2006) • Zucker, Johnson, & Flint (1999) • Communication and update training plan • Calibrating Faculty each quarter or as needed
Research and Benchmarking • Data and Industry Standards • CAEL Discussion board/ Contact List • Find a Mentor • CAEL Books
Communication and Marketing Plan- Staff • Training • Developing materials • Create a plan • Regular schedule • Newsletters • Faculty training • Student orientations
Communication and Marketing Plan- Prospective Students • Community colleges • Human resource departments • Websites • Student Workshops
Interactive Discussion • Discussion • Table Group Exercise
References • Fiddler, M., Marienau, C., & Whitaker, U. (2006). Assessing learning: Standards, • principles & procedures. Council for Adult and Experiential Learning: Chicago. • Hart, D., & Hickerson, J. (2009). Prior learning portfolios: A • representative collection. Chicago: Council for Adult and Experiential Learning. • Nonaka, I., & Nishiguchi, T. (Eds.). (2001). Knowledge emergence: Social, technical, and • evolutionary dimensions of knowledge creation. New York, NY: Oxford • University Press. • Zucker, B., Johnson, C., & Flint, T. (1999). Prior Learning • Assessment: A guidebook to American institutional practices. CAEL Dubuque, • Iowa: Kendall/Hunt.