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Lifelong Learning

​The lifelong learning landscape is rapidly changing, with new venues for engagement in learning across the life span. These increased possibilities support learning and attainment for adult learners in a variety of environments and through a multitude of sources, from corporate training and continuing education on college campuses to personalized learning through open education resources, such as Massively Open Online Courses (MOOC’s), online tutorials, and game-based learning.

With only 22 percent of adult learners age 25 and older having some college but no degree, this population’s participation in postsecondary education is critical to our nation’s global competitiveness and quality of life. ACE is committed to boosting adult learners’ postsecondary access and success by providing leadership in lifelong learning, and spearheading and highlighting initiatives, policies, and practices that move adult learners to and through postsecondary credential programs.

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  • March 14, 2013

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    Maps to Credentials

    The webinar brought together leaders from 3 community colleges to share lessons they are learning as they engage campus constituencies in the process of creating degree maps and integrating programs and services for student veterans.

  • November 13, 2012

    ACE to Assess Potential of MOOCs, Evaluate Courses for Credit-Worthiness

    ACE has announced a wide-ranging research and evaluation effort that will examine the academic potential of massive open online courses (MOOCs).

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    Center for Lifelong Learning

    ACE's Center for Lifelong Learning is committed to adult learning and attainment and offers a wide range of programs and initiatives that support postsecondary access and success.

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    College and University Services

    As a growing number of adults across the United States require more postsecondary education, they look to colleges and universities with programs and services to meet their needs. More than 2,000 institutions in the ACE CREDIT College and University Network do just that with the recognition of ACE CREDIT recommendations.

  • College Credit Recommendation Service (CREDIT)

    The American Council on Education's College Credit Recommendation Service (CREDIT) connects workplace learning with colleges and universities by helping adults gain access to academic credit for formal courses and examinations taken outside traditional degree programs.

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    Maps to Credentials: Creating an Integrated Prior Learning Assessment Model to Accelerate Postsecondary Attainment

    Maps to Credentials, a 3-year project funded by FIPSE (Fund for Improvement of Postsecondary Education), is designing and piloting credential road maps for student veterans, applying ACE credit recommendations for military occupations and training and incorporating other PLA methods to accelerate veterans' postsecondary attainment.

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    National Guide to College Credit for Workforce Training

    The ACE National Guide to College Credit for Workforce Training contains ACE credit recommendations for formal courses or examinations offered by various organizations, from businesses and unions to the government and military.

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    The ACE CREDIT® College and University Network

    The Network is a group of more than 2,000 higher education institutions that consider ACE credit recommendations for transfer to degree programs.

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    ACE CREDIT Course Review

    Courses and examinations are reviewed by carefully selected teams of faculty evaluators from relevant academic disciplines. If the content, scope and rigor of the course or examination is equivalent to a college-level course, the teams recommend appropriate college credit. Students can use these credit recommendations to satisfy general education or degree requirements or to demonstrate knowledge and proficiency in a particular subject

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    ACE CREDIT Workshops

    National organizations from across the country join ACE CREDIT® for a day-long workshop to learn ways in which to align their professional training and education programs with college credit recommendations.

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  • Center for Lifelong Learning
    The center includes programs, services, tools, and research to help bridge the gaps in serving diverse learners, alleviating workforce shortages, and meeting professional education demands.
  • ACE CREDIT®
    ACE CREDIT was established in 1974 to connect workplace learning with colleges and universities by helping adults gain academic credit for formal courses and examinations taken outside of traditional degree programs.
  • Military and Veterans Programs
    Since 1945, ACE has provided a critical link between the U. S. Department of Defense and higher education and in this role helps our nation’s military members and veterans gain access to higher education
  • College and University Services
    The ACE CREDIT College and University Network is a group of more than 2,000 higher education institutions of all types—two - and four-year institutions, public and private, and nonprofit and for-profit—that consider ACE credit recommendations.
  • Lifelong Learning Resource Center
    Staff in the Lifelong Learning Resource Center answer questions about ACE transcripts and credit recommendations for military and corporate training and provide resources to guide returning adult learners.