What We’re LEARNing
Picture three different individuals on their unique paths to college: One is enrolling for the first-time after years of full-time work experience, another is enrolling directly after high school — where they earned college credit through dual enrollment — and a third is returning to higher education after time off, having previously completed courses at another institution. Varied as their paths have been, they each face the same challenge: figuring out if their previous learning will count toward the credential they seek.
As the number of Americans entering higher education with some type of prior learning continues to grow, institutions must think differently about how they recognize such learning. For this reason, the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers and Sova launched the Learning Evaluation and Recognition for the Next Generation (LEARN) Commission, bringing together a diverse group of forward-thinking campus leaders, issue area experts and institutional accreditors to help evolve policy and practice for recognizing undergraduate learning in the 21st century.
