PLA credits are available within the following program areas. As a first step, be sure to review the PLA program details for your program of interest and then contact the program coordinator to ...

By guiding students through developing their own understanding of core concepts, teachers ensure that the whole class is starting on a strong foundation.

A new report from Capella University shares ways institutions can grow their prior learning assessment (PLA) offerings. The PLA model is "the practice of documenting a learner's existing knowledge and ...

KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Committed to making learning accessible and affordable, Western Michigan University’s College of Education and Human Development (CEHD) announced a new academic initiative, Prior ...

Health organizations are operating in an environment where knowledge expands quickly while experience remains deeply valuable ...

SALT LAKE CITY — Dom Tychsen is a midshipman in the University of Utah's Naval ROTC program. He also served a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, laboring in New Mexico and ...

Matt Gewolb, Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Institutional Strategy for New York Law School. Courtesy photo Law schools can and should serve as engines of social and economic mobility ...

When students are reading something new, teachers often try to get them to draw on their prior knowledge to help them understand the text in front of them. Doing this can help kids make sense of ideas ...

Everyone has a different style of learning. Some people do well with reading the written word. Others learn better through audio. For some, sitting in a quiet library or home office space is key. For ...