During Summer 2019, the Provost’s Office convened a group of faculty and staff to explore the Prior Learning Assessment (PLA) with the Council for Adult and Experiential Learning.
PLA not only offers a powerful platform for supporting adult learners and building community partnerships but also allows faculty to expand assessment beyond program-level student learning outcomes.
With PLA, we can use assessment to bear on UA Little Rock’s mission of improving students’ lives by shortening time to degree completion and contributing to a student’s sense of belonging on a college campus by validating their prior learning.
Read more about PLA and its impacts on retention and completion here.
Fueling the Race to Postsecondary Success: Executive Summary
With support from Lumina Foundation for Education, which works to ensure that 60 percent of Americans are college-educated by 2025, CAEL conducted a multi-institutional study on PLA and adult student outcomes, using the records of 62,475 students at 48 colleges and universities. Download this executive summary to know all about Prior Learning Assessment and Adult Student Outcomes.