Inside Out, PLA

• Vol 1, No 1 (2012): The Legacy of PLA: 40 Years of Practice - Networking
  Working List of Networking Sites
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• No 5 (2016): Assessment in the Recognition of Prior Learning - Resources
  The Carnegie Unit: A Century-Old Standard in a Changing Educational Landscape
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• No 5 (2016): Assessment in the Recognition of Prior Learning - Resources
  Herman and Mandell's "Experiential Learnings Revised"
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• No 5 (2016): Assessment in the Recognition of Prior Learning - Resources
  ACE's "Credit for Prior Learning: Charting Institutional Practice for Sustainability"
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• No 5 (2016): Assessment in the Recognition of Prior Learning - Resources
  Jacoby's "Getting Credit for What You Know"
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• No 5 (2016): Assessment in the Recognition of Prior Learning - Resources
  A Prior Learning Bibliography: Desiree Joosten‐ten Brinke, Dominique M. A. Sluijsmans, Saskia Brand-Gruwel, & Wim M. G. Jochems
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• No 5 (2016): Assessment in the Recognition of Prior Learning - Resources
  CAPLA's Experience Matters Directory
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• No 5 (2016): Assessment in the Recognition of Prior Learning - In Memory
  Urban Whitaker, 1924-2015
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• No 6 (2018): PLA Policies and Standards: Institutional, Regional, National, International and Transnational - Resources
  CAEL's "State Policy Approaches to Support Prior Learning Assessment"
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• No 6 (2018): PLA Policies and Standards: Institutional, Regional, National, International and Transnational - Resources
  CAEL's "Financial Aid for Prior Learning Assessment: Early Successes and Lessons from the U.S. Department of Education’s Experimental Sites Initiative"
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• No 6 (2018): PLA Policies and Standards: Institutional, Regional, National, International and Transnational - Resources
  Northeast Resiliency Consortium's "Standards for Prior Learning Assessment"
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• No 6 (2018): PLA Policies and Standards: Institutional, Regional, National, International and Transnational - Resources
  CLASP's "Wisconsin Career Pathways Technical Assistance Policy Brief: Credit for Prior Learning"
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• No 6 (2018): PLA Policies and Standards: Institutional, Regional, National, International and Transnational - Resources
  National Adult Learning Coalition's "Strengthening America’s Economy by Expanding Educational Opportunities For Working Adults: Policy Opportunities to Connect the Working Adult to Today’s Economy through Education and Credentials"
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• No 6 (2018): PLA Policies and Standards: Institutional, Regional, National, International and Transnational - Resources
  Cedefop's "European Guidelines for Validating Non-Formal and Informal Learning"
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• No 6 (2018): PLA Policies and Standards: Institutional, Regional, National, International and Transnational - Resources
  The National Institute on the Assessment of Adult Learning's "2017 Opening Plenary" by Alan Mandell
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• No 6 (2018): PLA Policies and Standards: Institutional, Regional, National, International and Transnational - Resources
  Education Commission of the States' "50-State Comparison: Prior Learning Assessment Policies"
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• No 7 (2019): PLA Outreach, Participation and Guidance - Resources
  Harris and Wihak's "The Recognition of Non-Formal Education in Higher Education: Where Are We Now, and Are We Learning from Experience?"
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• No 7 (2019): PLA Outreach, Participation and Guidance - Resources
  Lambe’s “The Prior Learning Essay”
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• No 7 (2019): PLA Outreach, Participation and Guidance - Resources
  CAEL's "What Happens When Learning Counts? Measuring the Benefits of Prior Learning Assessment for the Adult Learner"
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• No 7 (2019): PLA Outreach, Participation and Guidance - Resources
  CAEL's "Do Methods Matter? PLA, Portfolio Assessment, and the Road to Completion and Persistence"
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• No 7 (2019): PLA Outreach, Participation and Guidance - Resources
  Bélisle and Fernandez's "Rôle des pratiques en reconnaissance des acquis et des compétences dans la persévérance et la réussite scolaires d’adultes sans diplôme qualifiant" ("Role of prior learning and skills recognition in the retention and success of adult students with no qualifying diploma")
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• No 7 (2019): PLA Outreach, Participation and Guidance - Webinars
  PLAIO Webinar 2020: “The Power of PLA Today: Recognition of Prior Learning for Access, Equity, Learning & More.”
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• Special Issue: Recognizing Learning in the 21st Century: U.S. Perspectives (2020) - Invited Essays
  Leibrandt, Sarah; Klein-Collins, Rebecca; Lane, Patrick. "Recognizing Prior Learning in the COVID-19 Era: Helping Displaced Workers and Students One Credit at a Time"
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• Special Issue: Recognizing Learning in the 21st Century: U.S. Perspectives (2020) - Invited Essays
  Kilgore, Wendy. "An Examination of Prior Learning Assessment Policy and Practice as Experienced by Academic Records Professionals and Students"
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• Special Issue: Recognizing Learning in the 21st Century: U.S. Perspectives (2020) - Invited Essays
  Wesley, Alexa; Parnell, Amelia. "Advising and Prior Learning Assessment for Degree Completion"
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• Special Issue: Recognizing Learning in the 21st Century: U.S. Perspectives (2020) - Invited Essays
  Klein-Collins, Rebecca; Travers, Nan. "Learning Recognition and the Future of Higher Education – A Vision for a Post-Pandemic Learning Ecosystem"
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• Special Issue: Recognizing Learning in the 21st Century: U.S. Perspectives (2020) - Invited Essays
  Uranis, Julie; Davis, Van L. "Recent Developments in Prior Learning"
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• Special Issue: Recognizing Learning in the 21st Century: U.S. Perspectives (2020) - Invited Essays
  McKay, Heather A.; Douglas, Daniel. "Credit for Prior Learning in the Community College: A Case from Colorado"
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• Special Issue: Recognizing Learning in the 21st Century: U.S. Perspectives (2020) - Invited Essays
  Goldstein, Amy D. "HBCUs and Prior Learning Assessments"
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• Special Issue: Recognizing Learning in the 21st Century: U.S. Perspectives (2020) - Invited Essays
  Garcia, Rosa M.; Leibrandt, Sarah. "The Current State of Prior Learning Policies"
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• Special Issue: Recognizing Learning in the 21st Century: U.S. Perspectives (2020) - Invited Essays
  Leibrandt, Sarah. "PLA from the Student’s Perspective: Lessons Learned from Survey and Interview Data"
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• No 8 (2022): PLA and Competency-Based Education: Friends? Family? Or Only Acquaintances? - Resources
  Competency-Based Education Resources
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