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| ==Introduction== | |||
| Life experience degrees are degrees that help students succeed in their career and job, even if they've never attained a diploma in a particular field of study. It's only fair that the student will have the same opportunities as a student who has obtained experience through conventional means of education by studying in the real world. | |||
| ==Research and Requirements for Life Experience Degrees== | |||
| First and foremost, students seeking a life experience degree should research distance learning schools that will consider granting life experience credits. Once a student has found a distance education program that interests student and that offers life experience online degrees credit, the student will want to contact school officials to see what steps student need to take to apply for these credits. Many online learning programs require students to fill out a life experience application and put together a portfolio of their work experience. Different schools have different requirements as well, so keep in mind when applying for life experience degrees credit student may be asked to provide a list of references, meet with members of the school's staff or pass a test to receive credit. | |||
| Provided the school student is interested in requests a portfolio of the students experience, there are several things that may be included for consideration. Naturally, this depends on the subject matter and the life experience student has had. For most life experience internet degrees, the student portfolio can contain items such as resumes, job descriptions, references, work samples, awards student have received and many more. Once a student compiles an educational portfolio, he or she should arrange it in such a manner that will convince the College Board that student have sufficient experience to grant student life experience degrees credit. | |||
| ==Earning Credits Based on Life Experience== | |||
| Any reputable colleges and universities allow you to earn credit for life experience. They do not, however, allow students to earn your entire degree through life experience. Only diploma mills make those kinds of promises. How credit is awarded and assigned varies widely by university, but there is always a specific limit to the number of alternative credits you may earn toward your degree. Most of the colleges listed below offer a combination of portfolio credit, credit by examination (CLEP, etc.), and military experience/training credit. | |||
| All portfolio credit programs are NOT created equal. Some colleges, like Columbia College, have stringent requirements. Central Texas College, on the other hand, simply asks for a page or two description of your experience with supplemental proof. | |||
| ==Benefits of Life Experience Degrees== | |||
| With life experience credits, a student reflects what he or she has learned outside the classroom. Whether the student has taken language classes abroad or worked in a particular field with hands-on experience, there are several distance learning programs that will assess the student experience and grant student life experience credits for the student work. Not only do life experience degrees credits offer students a chance to be recognized for their work, but it saves time and money because student don't need to take a course student has already mastered elsewhere. While going through the life experience degrees process may seem like a lot of work, it's a much better alternative than paying money for classes student already have sufficient experience in. As long as student are wary of life experience degrees offered through diploma mill schools, student should be able to find an online college that will grant life experience credits for work student've completed outside of a classroom. All of the work is worth it, and student will receive the recognition student deserve. | |||
| ==List of Some Online Colleges offering Prior Learning== | |||
| Dallas Baptist University | |||
| Portfolio credit | |||
| Credit by examination | |||
| Military credit | |||
| University of Wisconsin | |||
| Credit for Military Experience | |||
| Credit for Training Programs | |||
| Credit for Specific Subject Examinations | |||
| Credit for Work and Life Experience | |||
| Credit by Test Out | |||
| CLEP examinations | |||
| Vocational-Technical College Transfer Credits | |||
| Columbia College | |||
| Credit for Prior Learning (Portfolio credit) | |||
| ACE accredited corporate courses | |||
| Excelsior exams | |||
| ACT | |||
| CLEP Exams | |||
| Certified Professional Secretary Program | |||
| Defense Language Proficiency Tests | |||
| DANTES | |||
| International Baccalaureate | |||
| Basic Law Enforcement and Corrections Training | |||
| Military Service & Training | |||
| MU Fire & Rescue Training Institute | |||
| Pilot’s License | |||
| University of Massachusetts - Amherst | |||
| Information is located on the University Without Walls portion of the Amherst website. Credit for life experience applicants must complete a rigorous process to receive credit. | |||
| Champlain College | |||
| External credentials | |||
| Challenge exams | |||
| CLEP exams | |||
| Will accept portfolio credits added to your transcript at another university. | |||
| “May” offer some life experience credits for certain programs | |||
| Military training and education | |||
| Central Texas College | |||
| Portfolio evaluation | |||
| CLEP | |||
| Military training and education | |||
| Western New England College | |||
| May award up to 30 credit hours of portfolio credit through its partnership with Charter Oak State College. | |||
| CLEP exams | |||
| Military education and experience | |||
| Experience evaluated by the American Council on Education (ACE) | |||
| Liberty University | |||
| Portfolio assessment (Credit for life experience) | |||
| CLEP exams | |||
| Malone College | |||
| Portfolio credit | |||
| Western Governors University | |||
| WGU does not offer actual credit for life experience, but they will let a student waive certain courses in order to finish a degree faster. | |||
| ==References== | |||
| 1. http://www.jobbankusa.com/CareerArticles/Educational/ca111306a.html | |||
| 2. http://www.online-college-blog.com/index.php/portfolio-for-life-experience-credit/10-online-colleges-offering-credit-for-life-experience/ | |||
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