pla with a purpose symposium columbus, ohio april 29,2014 partnering to meet the challenges of...
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PLA with a Purpose SymposiumColumbus, OhioApril 29,2014
Partnering to Meet the Challenges of Implementation
Funded by Lumina Foundation for Education
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CAEL National Study
What We Wanted to Know:
Do adults who earn PLA credit have better graduation rates, compared with those who do not earn PLA credit?
Do they have better persistence? Do they earn their degrees in a
shorter period of time?
CAEL Research:
Fueling the Race to Postsecondary Success: A 48-Institution Study of PLA and Adult Student Outcomes
2010
• N=62,475 adult students
• PLA usage and academic outcomes4
What Is the Value of PLA?
Four Approaches to PLA
• Standardized exams• Challenge exams• Evaluated non-college
programs and courses• Individualized assessments
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What Is the Value of PLA?
Fueling the Race to Postsecondary Success: A 48-Institution Study of PLA and Adult Student Outcomes
2010
• N=62,475 adult students
• PLA usage and academic outcomes
http://www.cael.org/pdfs/PLA_Fueling-the-Race6
Graduation and Completion
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PLA students in this study had better graduation rates than non-PLA students:
regardless of institutional size, level (two-year or four-year) or control (private for-profit, non-profit, or public)
regardless of the individual student’s academic ability or grade point average
regardless of the individual student’s age, gender, or race/ethnicity
regardless of whether or not the individual student receives financial aid
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Summary of Graduation Findings
Persistence
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PLA students have higher rates of persistence compared with non-PLA students.
In terms of credit accumulation/progress towards the degree
In terms of number of years of credit-earning
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Summary of Persistence Findings
PLA students earned either a bachelor’s or an associate’s degree in a shorter periods of time compared with non-PLA students.
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Summary of Time to Degree Findings
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CAEL’s ALFI ProjectCAEL’s Principles of Effectiveness for
Serving Adult Learners
1. Outreach2. Life & Career Planning3. Financing4. Assessment of Learning Outcomes5. Teaching-Learning Process6. Student Support Systems7. Technology8. Transitions9. Strategic Partnerships
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All of the Principles
The Principles of Effectiveness are:
Integrated – they work together
Indivisible – they form a whole
Imperative – not just “a good idea”
Employers and other organizations in the community
Other institutions 3rd party reviewers Other educational providers CAEL and LearningCounts.org
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Partnerships with: