Credit for life experiences available at two-year schools

Rob Moritz:

A new program beginning this fall will allow some older students attending Arkansas' two-year colleges to receive credit for their life experiences.

Ed Franklin, executive director of the Arkansas Association of Two-Year Colleges announced today that Chicago-based Council for Adult and Experiential Learning will offer a six-week evaluation and assessment class to students who are interested to see if their life experiences can be turned into college credit.

CAEL currently offers similar programs to more than 80 colleges in all 50 states, said Mark Campbell, vice president of LearningCounts.org, the online portal where students take the six-week assessment and evaluation class.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at July 16, 2011 1:42 AM
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