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Monday, February 23, 2015
ACE and Blackboard Unveil Research on Alternative Pathways to Degree Completion - the American Council on Education
The first paper is "Credit for Prior Learning: Charting Institutional Practice for Sustainability," which identifies and addresses some of the cultural barriers and successful strategies to institutions incorporating CPL. Interviews with leaders and practitioners from a diverse group of seven institutions located across the U.S. offer insights into common challenges, successful strategies and innovative CPL practices. "Embracing CPL initiatives means first acknowledging that college-level learning can occur outside the traditional classroom setting," said Soares. "For many institutions, this requires a shift in thinking from how credit has been awarded historically." The second paper is "The Currency of Higher Education: Credits and Competencies," which explores the challenges in adapting the traditional credit hour to an information-age economy that relies on greater flexibility and productivity. Credits and competencies both reflect important structures of value for diverse stakeholders: government agencies, educational leaders and administrators, faculty, assessors, students and employ
http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/ACE-and-Blackboard-Unveil-Research-on-Alternative-Pathways-to-Degree-Completion.aspx