The college takes into account the knowledge derived from experience both in the real world and formal education. "It is a perspective in life that celebrates all types of learning and knowledge that we are constantly growing, evolving and absorbing knowledge from a variety of sources," according to the college. A student can earn up to 45 undergraduate credits if he can demonstrate the attainment of knowledge equivalent to that learned in college-level course on the topic through evaluation tests. The Network Journal describes City University of Seattle as being at the "vanguard of a movement catering to the growing numbers of adult learners and military veterans who are changing careers." Headquartered in Seattle, Washington, the university has 27 locations in the Northwest of the U.S. and worldwide, allowing students to attend class in person or online. Degree programs are offered in a wide range of fields. The college is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities, a regional accrediting body approved by the U.S. Department of Education.
Based in Trenton, New Jersey,Thomas Edison State College is a regionally accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools offering education for an adult in the line of your work. This is a state college that allows you to earn a degree through a range of flexible learning methods from online courses and prior learning to credit transfer. The prior learning program recognizes college-level knowledge you have acquired outside of a classroom. The knowledge is evaluated through the college's Prior Learning Assessment (PLA). Under the PLA, you have to demonstrate that you possess college-level knowledge of a subject acquired outside of a traditional classroom setting such as work or other life experiences through tests. A mentor is assigned to a student to develop an electronic portfolio that documents the mastery of the subject the student is interested in. How much you know, as opposed to the years of experience, determines the credits you receive. The college offers a range of associate, bachelor's and graduate degrees in business administration, human services and natural science and mathematics.
This is a Connecticut’s distance learning degree program under the governance of the Board for State Academic Awards and accredited by the Connecticut Board of Governors for Higher Education and the New England Association of Schools and Colleges-CIHE. The college offers an assortment of associate and bachelor's degrees. It provides an innovative distance learning program for adult learners that affords them the opportunity to apply toward a college degree the learning they acquired through life or work experience. This helps you to complete a four-year degree within a short time. Charter Oak State college allows you to complete a degree program at your own pace.
This college is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education that has a partnership with the United States military to allow servicemen to complete degree programs while serving overseas. It considers "maximum transfer of prior credits, credit for approved military and corporate training," according to the college. The college awards a wide range of associate, undergraduate and graduate degrees. The college recognizes "learning wherever and whenever it occurs," according to Excelsior College. You are given credit for knowledge you accrue outside of a classroom, which helps you to obtain your degree in short time and at lesser cost than a traditional college. The college evaluates and validates a student's previously acquired knowledge through work and converts it into college credits.