Serving Adult Learners in Higher Education Principals of Effectiveness
Summary
Council for Adult and Experiential Learning (CAEL) partnered with American Productivity & Quality Center (APQC) and conducted a benchmarking study of six highly adult learning focused colleges and universities then transformed the benchmarking study findings into principles of effective practice. This publication, Serving Adult Learners in Higher Education Principals of Effectiveness, introduces eight "Principles of Effectiveness for Serving Adult Learners", which describe processes and approaches which could be adopted by colleges seeking to improve access by and quality for adult students. These principles include: Outreach, Life and Career Planning, Financing, Assessment of Learning Outcomes, Teaching-Learning Process, Student Support Systems, Technology, and Strategic Partnerships. They are meant to serve as a framework for assessing institutional commitment to and capacity for meeting the needs of adults, and also to form the backbone of what CAEL calls the Adult Learning Focused Institution. This report examines these principles and gives concrete exemplary practices supporting each principle.
Citation
Council for Adult and Experiential Learning. (2000). Serving Adult Learners in Higher Education: Principles of Effectiveness (Executive Summary).
Retrieved From
http://www.carrollcc.edu/assets/forms/PTA/Summary%20of%20Alfi%20Principles%20of%20Effectiveness.pdf