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Office for Prior Learning Assessment

PLA: Moving the Starting Line Through Prior Learning Assessment

Posted March 16, 2012

Read about an analysis of the average number of credits students earn for what they already know through Prior Learning Assessment. The study found that adult students who receive PLA credit are two and one half times more likely to persist to graduation and complete their degrees than students who do not receive PLA credit. Read more at: http://www.cael.org/pdf/PLA_Fueling-the-Race.pdf