Committee: Group III: Records and Academic Services
First Learning Outcome: Participants will leave this session with an understanding of the current state-of-play of prior learning assessment policies and practices.
Second Learning Outcome: Participants will leave this session with an understanding of the ways in which student registrars play a key role in prior learning assessment policy and practice.
Third Learning Outcome: Participants will have the opportunity to share the successes and challenges they face when developing/modifying PLA policy and practice on their campus regarding PLA opportunities.
Core Competency:
Proficiency:
Intended Audience: Significant Experience in the Profession
Presenter(s):
Wendy Kilgore AACRAO
Sarah Leibrandt Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education
Prior Learning Assessment and Student Success: Perspectives from Institutions and Students
Category
Session
Description
Policies and practices related to prior learning assessment (PLA) have the potential to create more efficient pathways for mobility and increase student success—especially for adults. The Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE), AACRAO and others, conducted a landscape analysis of current PLA policies and practices. Join us to learn about our key findings and to discuss the role registrar’s can play in student success by helping shape PLA policy and practice.
Submission ID:
8486
Day:
Monday, April 6, 2020
Time:
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM
Room:
212 Breakout