Marsha Danielson
On Wednesday December 13th we heard from Marsha Danielson VP of Economic Development at South Central College. Marsha visited with us on a few different things going on at South Central, but the majority of her presentation was talking about "Credit for Prior Learning" the college's effort to lead the way in a movement allowing students to earn credit for prior learning. Things like military service, work experience, job skills, certificates achieved, volunteer or community service, open course work and self-study, including intense travel to name a few can now all be taken into consideration when a student is working to earn their degree.
A team at SCC spent time looking at the curriculum and comparing it to the experiences some students might bring to the table, they then awarded those experiences with any number of credits towards a degree, if a student can provide proof or knowledge. There are national exams done on-line, challenge exams set up at SCC, sometimes skills demos or a detailed portfolio to cover a hand full of classes at one time, are all examples of things that can be done to achieve credit for prior learning.
To learn more about this program visit www.southcentral.edu/cpl, call 507-389-7394, or email to cpl@southcentral.edu
Thank you Marsha for visiting with us. Please join us again soon!