| Author(s): | Klein-Collins, R., Sherman, A., and Soares, L. |
| Title: | Degree completion beyond institutional borders: Responding to the new reality of mobile and non-traditional learners |
| Source: | http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2010/10/... |
| Date: | 2010 |
| Organization: | Center for American Progress |
| Short Description: | Governments, nonprofits, and colleges spend significant time and effort each year trying to help more Americans complete college degrees. But as they work to make
President Barack Obama’s goal of more college completions by 2020 a reality, a less obvious group of barriers often deters them: institutional policies for academic
credit. |
| Annotation: | Governments, nonprofits, and colleges spend significant time and effort each year trying to help more Americans complete college degrees. But as they work to make
President Barack Obama’s goal of more college completions by 2020 a reality, a less obvious group of barriers often deters them: institutional policies for academic
credit. Many students enter college with learning they gained at other postsecondary institutions, in military training, or in the workplace. But too often institutions
do not recognize this learning. The result is wasted time, effort, and money. |
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